# Der Trihs Pitting du jour **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 7, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714 "2011-01-07T04:39:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/41 "2011-01-07T22:53:29Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > AFAIK, he’s an equal opportunity hater…he hates all Americans with a deep but equal passion. Which means he hates himself too, obviously. See, I think that it’s the opposite. I think that Der posts so much about how he hates America and Americans so that he can make himself feel better. He’s not like those bad Americans, and he’s got the courage to call them out. So he doesn’t have to actually do anything, but by hating Americans enough he proves that he’s a better sort of person. Kind of like Conspiracy Theorists. They don’t have to change society or even get up off of their couch, but by hating the right people and holding the right mythical worldview, they’re better people. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/42 "2011-01-07T23:21:09Z")
It’s the exact same syndrome as the guy who hates Muslims. He can list all the bad things done by Muslims, and his hate for them makes him feel warm and tingly inside. Copy/Paste for Jews, Mexicans, Gays, Blacks, Japs, Chinamen, or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/43 "2011-01-07T23:52:20Z")
Though he hates Muslims too. Because they’re religious, I mean, not because of race. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/44 "2011-01-08T00:11:11Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Plus, if I recall correctly, he has a self-imposed policy of not reading or responding to threads Pitting him, so don’t expect him to show up here and respond to your charges. I didn’t make any charges about him. But there are a lot of people here who say they agree with him. I don’t think they’ve paid much attention to his posts about Americans. I’m waiting to hear what they have to say about the cites in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/45 "2011-01-08T00:13:42Z")
> [@Paranoid\_Randroid](#): > > The closest I’ve seen to specifically _woman_-hating from him is in conversations about the aftermath of divorce – he seems to believe that the courts are exceedingly biased against men in scenarios of child support, child custody, alimony, etc. Which isn’t to deny some grain of truth in that. Of course it’s phrased so abrasively that the conclusion he hates woman isn’t too out-of-nowhere. (This would be in addition to hating men, and probably the gender queer, and whoever else.) This is one reason it’s so interesting to me that he never, to my knowledge, has mentioned any romantic relationship of any kind, straight or gay. I don’t know if he has any experience in these matters or if he’s just talking out of his ass. He certainly has said that he has no interest in ever getting married or having children. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/46 "2011-01-08T00:24:17Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > He certainly has said that he has no interest in ever getting married or having children. Bonus! ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/47 "2011-01-08T01:45:14Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I’m by no means a **Der Trihs** apologist, but it’s my impression that, compared to when he first started posting here, he’s mellowed a lot; he’s become more reasonable, gotten less touchy, and developed more of a sense of humor. I know he has some issues, but I welcome his particpation here on the SDMB, at the price of occasionally having to shrug and say to myself, “Oh, that’s just one of **Der Trihs** ’s fixed ideas.” Well, I suppose you can say that if you’re optimistic. I don’t see any improvement. I do see he’s gotten colder and less fiery in his rhetoric, but I don’t exactly consider that a _good_ thing. I still recall he decalred he knew he had a high chance of being executed in a Christianist Concentration Camp. I never really had anythig to say to that one. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/48 "2011-01-08T02:01:11Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Though he hates Muslims too. > > Because they’re religious, I mean, not because of race. You’ve just confused race with religion. YOU’VE DONE IT NOW. (it really gets on my tits when someone says “you can’t be racist against X because X is not a race”) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/49 "2011-01-08T02:12:23Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Plus, if I recall correctly, he has a self-imposed policy of not reading or responding to threads Pitting him, so don’t expect him to show up here and respond to your charges. Not responding, maybe. Not reading? Horsey poop. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/50 "2011-01-08T02:12:49Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > (it really gets on my tits when someone says “you can’t be racist against X because X is not a race”) You can’t be. You can be prejudiced against X, for any number of reasons, but it’s not racism if race is not the reason for the prejudice. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/51 "2011-01-08T02:37:14Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > (it really gets on my tits when someone says “you can’t be racist against X because X is not a race”) Well, comfortable as it may be here on your tits, the fact of the matter is that if X isn’t a race, then people who find X objectionable aren’t racists. “Racist” and “bigot” are perfectly good words and should be applied correctly. I’ll bet you’re one of those types who call vulvas vaginas. If you want me off your tits you’re gonna have to start using the right words. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/52 "2011-01-08T03:13:49Z")
People **Der Trihs** Hates: Theists Christians Muslims Jews Zionists Republicans Conservatives Libetarians Communists Pro-lifers Americans Founding Fathers American Soldiers ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/53 "2011-01-08T03:24:55Z")
I’ve often wondered if he is really an atheist at all. He seems like someone who is just angry with God. Maybe he lost someone he loved dearly and blames God. Just so much hate that it seems almost phony. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/54 "2011-01-08T04:24:45Z")
MY theory is that **Der Trihs** is actually a Freeper troll who’s trying to make leftists look bad. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/55 "2011-01-08T05:05:25Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > People **Der Trihs** Hates: > > Theists > Christians > Muslims > Jews > Zionists > Republicans > Conservatives > Libetarians > Communists > Pro-lifers > Americans > Founding Fathers > American Soldiers That’s almost enough to persuade me that he’s really Fred Phelps… ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/56 "2011-01-08T05:11:35Z")
> [@rolandgunslinger](#): > > I’ve often wondered if he is really an atheist at all. He seems like someone who is just angry with God. Maybe he lost someone he loved dearly and blames God. Just so much hate that it seems almost phony. That’s the one thing I wouldn’t doubt him on about being an atheist. And I don’t think he hates what he doesn’t think exists. Personally, I find him entertaining as hell on most religious matters. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/57 "2011-01-08T05:37:31Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Plus, if I recall correctly, he has a self-imposed policy of not reading or responding to threads Pitting him, so don’t expect him to show up here and respond to your charges. I get the impression that he prefers to post his (borderline board policy breaking) attacks on certain groups in other forums so that those who prefer to respond to them in the vein they deserve cannot do so without doing some extra work, such as making a pit thread and then linking to it in the other forum’s thread. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/58 "2011-01-08T06:01:16Z")
I’ve gotten to the point where I can’t get mad at Der Trihs anymore. It’s like watching South Park or something: there’s just so much offensive stuff that you can’t take it seriously. Also, good one, **Guinnie**. Seriously! You made me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/59 "2011-01-08T06:09:51Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > People **Der Trihs** Hates: > > Theists > Christians > Muslims > Jews > Zionists > Republicans > Conservatives > Libetarians > Communists > Pro-lifers > Americans > Founding Fathers > American Soldiers I’ll add Pro-lifers, or anyone who wants any restrictions at all on abortion. He got me on my very first post, when I was merely agreeing with Cecil’s article. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714/60 "2011-01-08T06:26:58Z")
Well, thanks, I guess. Heh – but it’s long been a theory of mine. He sounds EXACTLY how the Freepers describe liberals. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/der-trihs-pitting-du-jour/566714.md?page=4)