# FriendlyCurmudgeon banned for trolling **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 23, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendlycurmudgeon-banned-for-trolling/933568 "2021-02-23T17:23:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendlycurmudgeon-banned-for-trolling/933568/1 "2021-02-23T17:23:47Z")
After discussion among the staff, it has been decided to ban **FriendlyCurmudgeon** for trolling based on this thread. > [@Biden drops the N-word at Munich Security Conference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-drops-the-n-word-at-munich-security-conference/933471): > > [Link](https://youtu.be/uwjxQoTyVAE?t=930) Whoopsies !!! Although some trolling is permitted in the Pit, that is not absolute. One of the important (but not the only) consideration for trolling is misrepresentation. **FriendlyCurmudgeon** alleged that Biden had said the n-word, when it was clear that Biden had made a slip of the tongue in saying “n’eager” as he was trying to say “I’m eager to hear next from my good friends.” This was a deliberate falsehood intended to make people mad. We also took into consideration the posts in [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pit-a-place-only-to-ridicule-trump-and-conservatives-and-not-the-other-side/933485) in ATMB, in particular this one: > [@Is the pit a place only to ridicule Trump and Conservatives - and not the other side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pit-a-place-only-to-ridicule-trump-and-conservatives-and-not-the-other-side/933485/11): > > Really hard to figure out the rules here, I’ve seen some nasty things in the pit. I figured that would be the best place for it I didn’t know conservatives are suppose to submit some sort of treatise with every post here to avoid the trolling label which btw according to people here is anything that offends them. And my point stands if it was Trump or some other conservative, you’d never shut it down. Fact. The word he said wasn’t “n’eager” it was the other N word. Taking a break for awhil… Although the alternative explanation had been given to him in both the Pit and the ATMB thread, he insisted that his interpretation was correct. This convinced us that he was knowingly misrepresenting what Biden said, and continuing his trolling in ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friendlycurmudgeon-banned-for-trolling/933568/2 "2021-02-23T17:23:53Z")