# DerekMichaels00: If you would magically cease to exist, the world would be a better place **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 17, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998 "2016-05-17T14:37:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/21 "2016-05-17T19:16:48Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I think he’s harmless. He’ll respond to arguments and though he’ll never change his mind, he isn’t rude to others. I disagree with this assessment of him. I’m still waiting for a description of what he considers “not accepting” of transgendered people. Maybe it’s not technically an argument that I’m asking for a response to, but it seems rather important to the discussion in that thread to define the difference between acceptance and not-acceptance. I have a decent idea of what it is, but I don’t want to put words in his mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/22 "2016-05-17T22:45:16Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I think he’s harmless. He’ll respond to arguments and though he’ll never change his mind, he isn’t rude to others. I actually feel a little sorry for him. He sounds young, to me, and he’s apparently frustrated by his dating life, which he ascribes to his stature. He could embrace his height, which might provide a natural advantage in certain sports (like powerlifting, gymnastics, or horse racing), or he could cultivate interesting talents (Prince, who was about his height, never had issues with getting laid) but instead he has allowed it to inspire bigotry and resentment towards others. I actually think he’s probably reasonably smart, but he lets his emotions get under his skin, and he lashes out with insipid arguments. As you said, it’s ultimately harmless. And part of me thinks its curable. I wouldn’t have pitted him, but, I get what the OP is getting at. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/23 "2016-05-18T14:26:34Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > My dream is to see him and BrainGlutton and SlackerInc all locked in a room forever. Hell is other Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/24 "2016-07-25T01:24:29Z")
Ah, good, a relatively fresh Pit thread for this individual… Pursusuant to mod advice [over here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=798672)where our fine lad **DerekMichaels00** has shown himself in great form, I come over here instead. Having looked cursorily at the list of speakers announced for the DNC, our boy **DerekMichaels00** made [this observation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19501826&postcount=35): > [@](#): > > Also, I understand one Khizr Khan is speaking the last night of the convention. I hope they vetted him, and don’t wind up with a situation like Kaine did 9 yrs ago with Esam Omeish. At the very least Khan should be moved back a few nights or slots. Mr. Khizr Khan is the father of the late US Army Captain Humayun Khan, [war hero - details](http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/hsmkhan.htm). > [@](#): > > On June 8, Khan died in a suicide car bombing at the main gates of his base. Khan, an ordnance officer with the Germany-based 201st Forward Support Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, had watched as several of his soldiers prepared to do a routine vehicle inspection. His unit was charged with the day-to-day security and maintenance of the camp. > > When an orange-colored taxi drove toward them, Khan ordered his soldiers to “hit the dirt,” said his father, who received details of his son’s death from his commanding officer. > > Khan walked toward the car, motioning for it to stop, his father said. A makeshift bomb inside it exploded, killing him and two Iraqi civilians in addition to the two suicide bombers. Ten soldiers and six Iraqi citizens were also wounded, the Army said. When informed of this background, our illustrious pittee was unfazed and [doubled down thus](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19501959&postcount=39): > [@](#): > > Just because Khan served doesn’t mean he’s pure; see Nidal Hassan. One must stand for American leadership, support of America’s allies (including Israel), and never apologize or explain Islam jihad. > > It does seem a lot like CAIR and other orgs tend to apologize for Islamic terror, explain the term “jihad” as something other than holy war, Islam-splain it, or blame Israel. This Khan guy better have a record not only of doing neither, but doing the opposite. I have zero tolerance for Israel haters, and [neither do real Americans](http://content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/b9hijypcf0sx_p3h9lq6qa.png). Muslim opinion on Israel is far more uniform than Jewish opinion on the conflict; that is fucked up. So, you walking catalog of inadequacies, just from looking at the speaker list and seeing a Pakistani name your first reaction was “don’t let him speak, at least not on prime time”. Lovely. Then when advised of why was the name in the list, you just double down and not only leap right in into well-poisoning about how you can’t trust that this will not be a jihad-minimizing or Islam-apologist or Anti-Israeli propaganda moment, but compare a man who fell in combat with a criminal maniac who shot his own unarmed comrades. You’re a “Liberal Democrat”? Fucking bullshit like Hell you are. So I suppose that this is another area in which you’re not bigoted at all but you are willing to accept American Muslims as long as they do not speak and you are allowed to a priori declare that every word from their mouths should be expected to be support for the terrorists, and that “real Americans” are the people who feel like you, and calling you out on it is interfering with your freedom. What a load. Go suck every man in CPT Khan’s unit, it’ll do you good. ---
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/25 "2016-07-25T01:28:01Z")
[QUOTE=JRDelirious] You’re a “Liberal Democrat”? Fucking bullshit like Hell you are. [/QUOTE] while I was a liberal Democrat in the 2000s, and was still a registered D until a few days ago, it does seem liberal Democrats left me; I’m now a registered independent. Haters gonna hate, no doubt. I just stand for freedom and liberty, against any assault from right or left, communist or Islamist or fascist, etc. I don’t fit neatly into liberal or conservative in 2016, so I guess I’ll take the heat 😉 I still believe in protecting the environment, government helping out in economics, LGB rights, abortion, but I will not stand for foreign policy pussyism and I support America leading from the front. Nor can one change his sex, especially if one can’t become trans-racial, trans-heightal, etc. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/26 "2016-07-25T01:39:29Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > I still believe in protecting the environment, government helping out in economics, LGB rights, abortion, but I will not stand for **foreign policy pussyism** and I support America leading from the front. Nor can one change his sex, especially if one can’t become trans-racial, trans-heightal, etc. You forgot T rights. Don’t sell them short. Are you aware that ISIS has [lost large amounts of territory?](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/18/world/middleeast/isis-control-places-cities.html) ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/27 "2016-07-25T01:40:32Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > while I was a liberal Democrat in the 2000s, and was still a registered D until a few days ago, it does seem liberal Democrats left me; I’m now a registered independent. > > Haters gonna hate, no doubt. I just stand for freedom and liberty, against any assault from right or left, communist or Islamist or fascist, etc. I don’t fit neatly into liberal or conservative in 2016, so I guess I’ll take the heat 😉 > > I still believe in protecting the environment, government helping out in economics, LGB rights, abortion, but I will not stand for foreign policy pussyism and I support America leading from the front. Nor can one change his sex, especially if one can’t become trans-racial, trans-heightal, etc. And you believe in bigotry and ignorance. Don’t forget the bigotry and ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/28 "2016-07-25T02:00:46Z")
Damn … I’m a registered independent … now it feels dirty. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/29 "2016-07-25T02:12:10Z")
Wow. I didn’t think I’d actually ever see this used. This is the closest thing you can say to wishing death on someone. I thought about it a long time ago, and have almost said it in a couple situations, but decided that none of them were worth it. And, well, I must say the same for this guy. Dude is just a sad guy coming here to stir up hatred. He puts his bigotry and flat out lies right out in the open. The only thing this guy is worth is being on my ignore list–which he has been after probably his second thread. There’s not anything to engage with here. He has no influence in the world at large. He doesn’t even say things like SlackerInc which do actually seem appealing to some people. He’s practically a self-parody. Rather than removing him from the world, you can just not let him “exist” for you on the board. And, it is, indeed, a better place if you do so. Even, you, **iiandyiiii**. I’d suggest saving your engagement for people actually making arguments that are worth refuting, instead of stuff that refutes itself. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/30 "2016-07-25T10:53:22Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > while I was a liberal Democrat in the 2000s, and was still a registered D until a few days ago, it does seem liberal Democrats left me; I’m now a registered independent. > > Haters gonna hate, no doubt. I just stand for freedom and liberty, against any assault from right or left, communist or Islamist or fascist, etc. I don’t fit neatly into liberal or conservative in 2016, so I guess I’ll take the heat 😉 > > I still believe in protecting the environment, government helping out in economics, LGB rights, abortion, but I will not stand for foreign policy pussyism and I support America leading from the front. Nor can one change his sex, especially if one can’t become trans-racial, trans-heightal, etc. I sincerely look forward to President Trump assuming office this January and the subsequent deportation of Lyin’ Ted Cruz to Canada, Marco Rubio to Cuba, and you to Israel. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/31 "2016-07-25T11:19:38Z")
> [@DerekMichaels00](#): > > Haters gonna hate, no doubt. …which is pretty much all you’ve done on this messageboard. > [@](#): > > I just stand for freedom and liberty You really don’t. Based on what you’ve posted here, you stand for bigotry, irrational hatred, and some weird form of Israel-worship. > [@](#): > > I will not stand for foreign policy pussyism and I support America leading from the front. America - fuck yeah! > [@](#): > > Nor can one change his sex, especially if one can’t become trans-racial, trans-heightal, etc. Your views on the subject are well-known. They’re also at odds with the vast scientific consensus on the matter, and are riddled with histrionics and delusion. But this has never stopped you before. Again, I can only conclude from your posts that at some point you hit on a fat Palestinian transwoman at a bar and got shot down for being short, which would pretty much explain your entire outlook on life. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/32 "2016-07-25T11:20:44Z")
I don’t think he’s a troll, posting simply to get a reaction. It’s pretty clear that the guy believes this stuff. If the definition of trolling included airing controversial, stupid and downright lunatic views we’d have far fewer heterodox posts on the board (and consequently far less fun.) ---
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/33 "2016-07-25T11:25:27Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > I sincerely look forward to President Trump assuming office this January and the subsequent deportation of Lyin’ Ted Cruz to Canada, Marco Rubio to Cuba, and you to Israel. so you’ve endorsed Trump’s anti-Hispanicism, and the far-left and alt-right’s anti-Semitism. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/34 "2016-07-25T12:22:31Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > **I sincerely look forward to President Trump assuming office this January** and the subsequent deportation of Lyin’ Ted Cruz to Canada, Marco Rubio to Cuba, and you to Israel. You DO? And here I was, thinking you’d grown up… Not that ridding our body politic of shitstains such as Cruz and Rubio wouldn’t be a very positive development for the country. Still, at the cost af a Republican presidency? Especially a _Trump_ presidency? SO not worth it. We’ll just have to persuade our fellow citizens in Texas and Florida to never hire them again. As for Double-aught moron, even if he were to be expelled fron our shores, I’m pretty sure it’s possible to post on the Dope in Israel. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/35 "2016-07-25T13:12:31Z")
No, **Qin** , no, please you’re getting carried away by the rage and saying nonsense like you want Trump elected, get some fresh air – and anyway you’d want to exile little \*\*Derek \*\*to _Iran_, a Shiite Theocracy _ **that recognizes Transgender** _. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/36 "2016-07-25T14:04:10Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > You DO? > > And here I was, thinking you’d grown up… > > Not that ridding our body politic of shitstains such as Cruz and Rubio wouldn’t be a very positive development for the country. Still, at the cost af a Republican presidency? Especially a _Trump_ presidency? SO not worth it. We’ll just have to persuade our fellow citizens in Texas and Florida to never hire them again. > > As for Double-aught moron, even if he were to be expelled fron our shores, I’m pretty sure it’s possible to post on the Dope in Israel. I’m fairly certain that he was joking. Or at least I sincerely hope so. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/37 "2016-07-25T14:42:32Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I believe he describes himself as a Bill Clinton-type Democrat. Bill Clinton has got laid. Multiple times. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/38 "2016-07-25T14:52:06Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Bill Clinton has got laid. Multiple times. DerekMichaels00 is stupid and bigoted. But there’s no reason to tie that to his sex life. There are amazing, wonderful people who have never had sex for hundreds of reasons. And there are horrible, ghastly people who get tons of action. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/39 "2016-07-25T15:12:52Z")
Beer … how the ugly reproduce ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998/40 "2016-07-25T15:15:34Z")
According to his comments, he believes that Obama is "divisive"because he’s black and addresses black issues. Whereas DerekRACIST00 has clearly stated that America is a majority white nation and should be represented by a white president. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derekmichaels00-if-you-would-magically-cease-to-exist-the-world-would-be-a-better-place/754998.md?page=3)