# Do I have to restrain myself? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 14, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212 "2004-10-14T16:24:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sensualips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@Sensualips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sensualips)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/21 "2004-10-14T17:24:13Z")
Reminder to self…never post about religion, politics or anything that might be considered controversial. Even if it is your right. Some people can be extremely kind and alternately cruel as well. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/22 "2004-10-14T17:28:07Z")
Oh, the fucking irony. You’re unhappy about a bunch of people on a message board responding to your assholic comments, but you’re perfectly happy to shit all over your neighbor’s beliefs? And he’s not even being an ass about it, just put up a sign. We’re _so_ glad you restrained yourself. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/23 "2004-10-14T17:29:08Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > “Today the President severed diplomatic ties with Canada. When the Canadian prime minister asked her why she had dones this, the President responded ‘If you really cared about me, you’d know.’ In other news, the bill subsidizing free chocolate for all US citizens remains tied up in commitee.” Shut the fuck up and think before you post this kind of shit. Why the fuck do you think women aren’t running the fucking country? Because of this sort of bullshit opinion from assholes like you. I don’t think this is funny. I think you’re an inconsiderate ass. Oh, and **SensualLips**? Think before you post this tripe also. Hate is also a female thing, and women can be as irrational as men. OBVIOUSLY. Excuse me while I go bang my head against the wall. A hundred years of female rights workers for THIS SHIT. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/24 "2004-10-14T17:29:51Z")
Get to know the guy first. Admittedly, you know nothing about him, yet you pretend to know all about him simply because of a campaign poster. If, after knowing something about the guy, you want to slam him, you may not encounter such a hostile response. ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/25 "2004-10-14T17:33:40Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > Shut the fuck up and think before you post this kind of shit. Why the fuck do you think women aren’t running the fucking country? Because of this sort of bullshit opinion from assholes like you. I don’t think this is funny. I think you’re an inconsiderate ass. > > Oh, and **SensualLips**? Think before you post this tripe also. Hate is also a female thing, and women can be as irrational as men. OBVIOUSLY. > > Excuse me while I go bang my head against the wall. A hundred years of female rights workers for THIS SHIT. Damn, I feel bad now. I thought it was funny. Of course I saw it as a joke and nothing to really get upset about. Oh well, to each his/her own. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/26 "2004-10-14T17:34:51Z")
> [@Sensualips](#): > > “I hate Bush but I hate your attitude even more.” Hate is the reason women should be running this country. It is usually irrational. That, of course, is because when Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir, Indira Ghandi and Benazir Bhutto were running their countries, every thing was peaceful and nice. You have a lot to learn yet. Haj ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/27 "2004-10-14T17:35:19Z")
> [@Sensualips](#): > > Reminder to self…never post about religion, politics or anything that might be considered controversial. Even if it is your right. > > Some people can be extremely kind and alternately cruel as well. OH, bullshit. You got served for your arrogant attitude toward your nieghbor. Ypou can post on religion and politics here to your your heart’s content, but if you post self-serving egotism, expect to get your ass handed to you. > [@](#): > > Hate is the reason women should be running this country. Two words: Lyndie England. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/28 "2004-10-14T17:37:09Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > Shut the fuck up and think before you post this kind of shit. Why the fuck do you think women aren’t running the fucking country? Because of this sort of bullshit opinion from assholes like you. I don’t think this is funny. I think you’re an inconsiderate ass. Great galumphing Ghu in gogo boots. Martyr much? Look, **Sensualips** made a terribly sexist and idiotic remark. **DocCathode** responded with a terribly sexist and idiotic remark to point out just how sexist and idiotic the first one was. It’s called hyperbole, and it’s a common and effective rhetorical tactic. I’m sorry your favorite ox is being gored and all, but for fuck’s sake, try to relax a little. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/29 "2004-10-14T17:38:23Z")
> [@Elysian](#): > > Shut the fuck up and think before you post this kind of shit. Why the fuck do you think women aren’t running the fucking country? Because of this sort of bullshit opinion from assholes like you. I don’t think this is funny. I think you’re an inconsiderate ass. > > Excuse me while I go bang my head against the wall. A hundred years of female rights workers for THIS SHIT. Ooh! I got insulted in the pit. This is only the fifth or so time this has happened to me. I’m torn between the desire to post a detailed explanation of how I was responding to **Sensuallips** ’s actualy idiocy with feigned idiocy of my own, followed by a lenghty explanation of my actuals views on gender, women, stereotypes and discrimination, or just quoting Peter Griffin. I’ll go with the second. “Why do women have boobs? So you have something to look at while you talk to 'em.” ---
**Author:** ![ElectricZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58f4c7/32.png) [@ElectricZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElectricZ)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/30 "2004-10-14T17:39:37Z")
> [@Sensualips](#): > > Reminder to self…never post about religion, politics or anything that might be considered controversial. Even if it is your right. Actually, there are religious, political, and controversial threads all over the place. Post all you want! You’re suffering the backlash (and rightfully so IMHO) from posting something blatantly hypocritical and are feeling hurt by it. (“My neighbor is a dumbass for advertising his extremist political beliefs, so I want to advertise mine by claiming he’s an idiot.”) You admit you know nothing about the guy, “wisely” avoided getting to know him by not welcoming him to your neighborhood, and then boast about wanting to make fun of him for exercising HIS right to express his views. While there’s no shortage of hypocritical posts on the SDMB, either, there’s always a smackdown following close behind. You made the post because you obviously wanted to hear the opinions of others, and we’re obliging. So read 'em and weep! EZ ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/31 "2004-10-14T17:44:28Z")
> [@Sensualips](#): > > Reminder to self…never post about religion, politics or anything that might be considered controversial. Even if it is your right. > > Some people can be extremely kind and alternately cruel as well. Better reminder - don’t post a stunning display self-admitted ignorance on a messageboard that has the sole purpose of fighting ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/32 "2004-10-14T17:49:04Z")
> [@DocCathode channelling Peter Griffin](#): > > “Why do women have boobs? So you have something to look at while you talk to 'em.” Or my SO’s all-time favorite: “Women are not people, they are devices built by our Lord Jesus Christ for our entertainment.” ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/33 "2004-10-14T17:49:07Z")
> [@yoyodyne](#): > > Damn, I had to check this was still the SDMB. **Sensualips** posts an anti-Bush sheeple thread expecting the usual response, but then gets a pile-on! I am dazed and confused. **Sensualips** is getting the pile-on **Aeschines** deserved about a week ago for posting a similarly stupid OP. > [@Elysian](#): > > Shut the fuck up and think before you post this kind of shit. Why the fuck do you think women aren’t running the fucking country? Because of this sort of bullshit opinion from assholes like you. I don’t think this is funny. I think you’re an inconsiderate ass. > > Oh, and SensualLips? Think before you post this tripe also. Hate is also a female thing, and women can be as irrational as men. OBVIOUSLY. > > Excuse me while I go bang my head against the wall. A hundred years of female rights workers for THIS SHIT. [How many radical feminists does it take to change a lightbulb? That’s not funny!]([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=456070&postcount=12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=456070&postcount=12)) ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/34 "2004-10-14T17:52:54Z")
> [@Sensualips](#): > > Reminder to self…never post about religion, politics or anything that might be considered controversial. Even if it is your right. > > Some people can be extremely kind and alternately cruel as well. I’m really not interested in ripping you a new orifice **Sensualips** but I think you’re a wee bit confused about how the SDMB operates. _People post controversial subjects all the time._ _With that said however, there are no free passes handed out for stupidity._ You’re not being jumped on because you had the temerity to express an opinion that is anti-Bush. By your own admission, you’d already prejudged your neighbor on the basis of him being an ex-military man without actually bothering to get to know him. You disagree with his political opinions, which is certainly understandable, but you also made the assumption that he the only reason he was voting for Bush was because he was a “sheep.” When your own prejudice was pointed out to you, you played the “Wah, wah nobody understands me because I’m so controversial” card. Can you honestly not see the contraction in your OP? ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/35 "2004-10-14T17:54:42Z")
Man, you guys are just playing right into Sensualips crafty hands. I posit this is going to be the best whoosh we’ve seen in quite sometime. Right? _Right?!?!_ ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/36 "2004-10-14T17:57:32Z")
History will look back and tell us who the morons are. I’ll tell you in advance. It’s anyone who voted Bush in 2004 ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/37 "2004-10-14T18:02:30Z")
My favorite is Mr. Garrison: “I’m sorry, Wendy, I just don’t trust something that bleeds for five days and doesn’t die.” ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/38 "2004-10-14T18:09:14Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > History will look back and tell us who the morons are. I’ll tell you in advance. It’s anyone who voted Bush in 2004 Congratulations for accurately reparsing the OP’s mentality. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/39 "2004-10-14T18:13:57Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Congratulations for accurately reparsing the OP’s mentality. Get back to me in 30 years. Just watch what happens next. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212/40 "2004-10-14T18:15:42Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > History will look back and tell us who the morons are. Wow. I can’t _wait_! > [@](#): > > I’ll tell you in advance. It’s anyone who voted Bush in 2004 Seriously, dude. Would it have killed you to use the spoiler tag? I mean, really. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-restrain-myself/269212.md?page=3)