# engineer comp geek, I think you are wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 15, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-comp-geek-i-think-you-are-wrong/727944 "2015-08-15T21:00:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-comp-geek-i-think-you-are-wrong/727944/2 "2015-08-16T00:26:59Z")
I understand that **Grotonian** didn’t say he was mocking other people. But the intent of his quote was of a mocking nature, as was this comment that he added (which I probably should have included in the mod note). > [@tomndebb, allowing racist hate speech was a bullshit mod call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomndebb-allowing-racist-hate-speech-was-a-bullshit-mod-call/727632/152): > > Grab your pikes! Rally your neighbors! Let’s get all the haters out! Anyone who thinks sex with 9-year-olds is pedophilia should be CHASED! FROM! DOPERLAND!!! I understand the point that he is trying to make, but he seems to be doing it in a way that is inflammatory and designed to provoke a reaction rather than engaging in a civil discussion. And yes plenty of other folks in that thread are getting too snippy, and I’ve been debating adding another mod note to that thread, though that may not be necessary now that you’ve called attention to it here. You’ve quoted most of the worst offenders. **Grotonian** ’s posts just seemed to me to be more confrontational than the others. **Grotonian** also has a bit of a history of being confrontational in ATMB which is why I singled him out specifically to dial it back a bit. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-comp-geek-i-think-you-are-wrong/727944)._