Not asking you to tell tales out of school, but have you reported instances of those sentiments being posted, so’s we can find out?
Oh, what the hell do I have to be disingenuous about; of COURSE I’m asking you to tell tales out of school. Go on, give!
Who says there’s no longer a place on the Internet for angry loners living in their mom’s basement?
Is raghead good enough? It’s against the rules.
Further proof of his cowardice.
I wonder if I were to get in trouble if I reported every time he tries to railroad a thread into one of his “The USA sucks, but I’m to much of a chicken shit child to leave or try to make it better!” or reported everytime he mentions wanting US troops to die as threating other posters?
The problem, of course, is that as soon as someone joins whose son is a member of the Iraqi insurgency, the admins face a problem:
I find it repellent to call for anyone’s death, whether they’re an Iraqi guy pushed over the edge into the insurgency or an American guy signed up to defend the Constitution, or even whether they’re some rich Arab asshole kid fighting to institute some fucked-up theocratic tyranny. Nevertheless, I think that banning such calls would stifle discussion of the war, and I think such a discussion is vital.
Daniel
There’s a little kid in all of God’s children who needs love. Here’s hoping Der Trihs’ is armed with a rusty chainsaw and an overwhelming urge to physically crawl his way out of Der Trihs.
Actually, you’ve got it all backwards. I advocate not banning any words. I was just asking how hoping someone kills your father is any less hateful than calling your father a faggot. It just seems that banning one would directly imply banning the other.
Your list, though, pretty much misses the whole thing. We can talk about words like “nigger” in an academic sense. We just can’t call each other a n****r. By the same token, one would think that you can talk about the war and the killings academically, but not say “I hope they kill your sister.”
I was responding to your post, but not characterizing your position. Apologies for the confusion.
Different tokens, not same tokens. Someone on the board can certainly say, “I hope that the Iraqi insurgency is destroyed.” They can certainly say, “I hope that any asshole who shoots at a US Marine gets gunned down posthaste.” Those are political opinions, and they are allowed on the board. If those are allowed, then we run into difficulty if we forbid the converse opinion.
They could forbid wishes for the deaths of insurgents, but then the discussion gets really prickly.
Daniel
Would it be against…that rule to say a lot of us would love him for it? 
Well, that’s the problem with the whole PC business. Someone is deciding what he/she hates to hear, and that’s what hate speech then is. Smith might ban “fundie” and “redneck” while Jones bans “dot-head” and “redskin”.
Edited to add: the above addressed to Left Hand of Dorkness
I’m not seeing the problem part. As long as it’s a private institution doing it, it’s problem-free, I think.
Daniel
I think so too. I’m surprised by myself that I find Der Trihs less annoying right than all the people who immediately jumped to call for his banning.
I think he explained once that he got picked on a lot in school, and so now he hates everyone. He spreads more ignorance on this board than anyone I can think of. i have nothing but contempt and pity for him-- contempt for his vile ideas, and pity for a person who lives his life mired in such hatred.
I’ve seen him say it in other threads. It’s very much contemptible.
While I agree with the general flow of this thread, surely “I don’t mind if he died tomorrow” is also pretty bad? Obviously not to the extent of **Der Trihs’ ** posts in both scale and active interest, but still. It just seems a bit off to call someone out on wishing death on others by pointing out you wouldn’t mind if he himself died.
First, point of order: If you use quotes please be accurate with what you place between them. You (inadvertently, is my guess) changed the tenor of what I said. My actual words feel more figure-of-speech than yours, which they were. But to be honest, I really don’t give a shit if he does. But that is not that same as wishing him dead. If I could choose what would happen to Der Shithead death would absolutely not be it. Education would be a nice punishment for him. As would a conscience. Or just the realization of how chilidishly cruel and asine his positions are. To those end, The Der Shit Listen-Up America Tour: Coming to a Town Bar Near You, would be instructive.
I’m sorry for misrepresenting your post; I didn’t see it as that big a change in tone myself, but they’re your words so i’ll go with that.
I did point out, though, that you not caring if he dies isn’t the same as actively wishing death on him. I’m not comparing the two of you and giving your remarks equal weight. I’m just saying that it seems kinda off to say you wouldn’t mind if he died when you’re calling him out for wishing death. Different perspectives, I guess.
The quote was, in fact, though a truncated quote of your post #13, completely accurate. No actual words were changed. Please do not make me look to see if I have to warn someone for changing the words in a quote when it’s not necessary.
I’d join in with this pitting of DT, but honestly, it seems to be about as relevant as complaining that vomit stinks. This poster is simply one of the flies in the ointment of this great place I know on the internet, known as the SDMB.
I have no pity. None at all. I am willing to stand toe to toe with those that got made fun of in school and compare scars.
Abhorent behavior of this calibre can’t be excused by that sort of thing.
The only sad thing about it is that if he really does avoid the pit for that reason, then the people who tormented him in school won.