# Has the board turned into a bigot magnet? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 31, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076 "2003-07-31T06:15:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/1 "2003-07-31T06:15:20Z")
Especially since SCOTUS overturned the sodomy laws, I have had the perception that more and more new posters were registering and posting mostly in the threads about homosexuality. Posting to the negative, and in the pit especially, delighting it seems in being as hateful as they can be. In GD they seem to parrot the same terms over and over again: [ul] [li]lifestyle[/li][li]choice[/li][li]mental illness[/li][/ul] It is tiring. I can only imagine what it must be like for the mods, and they have my sincerest condolences for how this adds to a workload they recieve no compensation for. I am damn tired of this new bigot posse. Too tired at this point for even a slightly creative bit of vitriol. Fuck 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/2 "2003-07-31T06:17:58Z")
I personally haven’t noticed any great change in the landscape. But then again, it should be said that on average, only 15% of thread titles actually interest me enough to even open them. I tend to stick to subjects which are dear to my heart, and lifestyle subjects are low on that priority. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/3 "2003-07-31T06:18:55Z")
And Boo Boo said today’s secret word: **LIFESTYLE**. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/4 "2003-07-31T06:23:19Z")
I wondered the same thing [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3772375#post3772375), **Mockingbird**. What in the world is going on and how are we all supposed to come up with the kind of intestinal fortitude needed to beat that type of overwhelming ignorant crap? It IS very tiring, especially to those who are on the front lines, day in, day out, and never seem to give up. I salute you! ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/5 "2003-07-31T06:26:12Z")
I don’t know but I’m inclined to agree with you that there is a remarkable conglomeration of bigoted idiots who just need to share their opinions on homosexuality on the boards at this point in time. And it’s not just in GD. ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/6 "2003-07-31T06:26:35Z")
Forgive me Mockingbird. Being an Australian sometimes we share different colloquial idioms. Was “lifestyle” the wrong word to use? Have I done something wrong? Sorry if I did. No intentions along those lines. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/7 "2003-07-31T06:28:28Z")
Actually, yeah. They do seem rather thick on the ground of late. Possibly it’s just a matter of perception. I started a thread on homophobia recently, and since then I’ve been noticing an awful lot of people trying to justify their prejudices against gays. But then, at one point in my life, I acquired a VW minibus, and it seemed like every third car on the road was a VW minibus. I was thinking about them more, so I noticed them more. So I don’t know…But yeah, it sure does _seem_ to be Homophobes ‘R’ Us around here lately. ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/8 "2003-07-31T06:30:51Z")
Just to back Boo Boo Foo up, I immediately saw he didn’t mean what Mockingbird read. If that makes sense. Maybe it’s an issue in the gay community here (and if it is, I’m all ears ). I have only learnt from the boards here why it is so damned irritating and wrong to refer to the homosexual lifestyle. On preview that looks incoherent but the breeder lifestyle has ensured I got 4 hours sleep last night and it’s not pretty round here. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/9 "2003-07-31T06:34:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Boo Boo Foo \* > \*\*Forgive me Mockingbird. Being an Australian sometimes we share different colloquial idioms. Was “lifestyle” the wrong word to use? Have I done something wrong? Sorry if I did. No intentions along those lines. \*\* It was a moment of irony. Sorry if it came off as castigating. It’s why I didn’t put any direct criticism. Mea culpa. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/10 "2003-07-31T07:32:44Z")
It’s cyclical. They seem to come in waves. I don’t think the current batch are much different than our earlier batches. Plus, it’s summer, when all the kids are bored and have too much free time. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/11 "2003-07-31T09:38:38Z")
and they’re probably are too chicken-shit to say it in real life. _that’s what I hope anyway_ I get tired of it too. And I’m boringly straight. ---
**Author:** ![Icebrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecb155/32.png) [@Icebrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icebrand)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/12 "2003-07-31T09:50:39Z")
What’s this “all the kids” gibberish? Why is it we teenage hooligans get blamed for pretty much any ruckus that ever gets called? We aren’t the ones whose intolerant viewpoints are currently attempting to ban gay marriage, pass Patriot Acts, et al… so why are we blamed here? ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/13 "2003-07-31T13:19:12Z")
Well, it does bill itself as the STRAIGHT Dope Message Board… ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/14 "2003-07-31T13:34:58Z")
Yeah, and **Arcite** ’s posts explain why the word Dope is on there, too. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/15 "2003-07-31T14:02:43Z")
Not wanting to spoil the thrust of a decent and worthy rant, but I think _Bigot Magnet_ would make a good band name. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/16 "2003-07-31T14:03:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Icebrand \* > \*\*What’s this “all the kids” gibberish? Why is it we teenage hooligans get blamed for pretty much any ruckus that ever gets called? We aren’t the ones whose intolerant viewpoints are currently attempting to ban gay marriage, pass Patriot Acts, et al… so why are we blamed here? \*\* Because the percentage of normal Dopers vs. trolls seems to increase significantly during the summer months, when all the kiddies are home from school. Some assume that most of these trolls are just bored kids. ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/17 "2003-07-31T14:13:56Z")
I noticed it too. It does go in waves, but I think this one is due in part to all the media attention. Bush, the supreme court, and the pope are all talking about it so it’s on people’s minds. It probably irritates the people who don’t want to think about it at all, so they come here to bitch about it. At least here there’s people around to set a counter-example, but it is frustrating to see people bringing up tired arguments that have been debated here a thousand times already. After a while it gets pointless though, because I think most of them are not here to debate, they just want to spew. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/18 "2003-07-31T14:24:39Z")
Well seeing our war dodging, spoiled rich kid, environment destroying, economy ruining, tax-cut for the wealthy pusher, lying about Iraq POS president has added homophobe to his list of “accomplishments” I guess some people now feel emboldened to reveal their ignorance in all its glory. So much for the separation of church and state. . . I guess “compassionate conservatism” only applies to straight white rich folks of the “correct” religion who are willing to make frequent donations to the GOP machine. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/19 "2003-07-31T14:54:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elf6c \* > \*\*I guess “compassionate conservatism” only applies to straight white rich folks of the “correct” religion who are willing to make frequent donations to the GOP machine. > > :mad: \*\* Good point. These are also the same people that the Lefties hate. And I thought liberals were open to ALL lifestyles. ---
**Author:** ![hilltopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@hilltopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hilltopper)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076/20 "2003-07-31T15:33:28Z")
Wait a fucking minute. I don’t see too many thread titles that say, “gays and lesbians should hide the closet,” or “All gays burn in HELL.” I do see quite a few threads that start “open letter to homophobes I’ve known,” and “ask the gay guy” and “ask the lesbian.” Bigots (or attention seeking fake bigots) do see these as big targets to throw out some hate-laced language and watch the fireworks. These threads are like an invitation to those who have a few choice phrases to post whether they believe them or not. Hey if you build it they will come. But what’s the purpose of starting these threads if not to debate and educate? I find reading these to be quite educational. Granted there will be your standard idiots who throw garbage out there, but they should be ignored. By responding they are only encouraged. Also in the OP you refer to a “bigot posse.” I am a newbie. I have taken a contrary position in one (now 2) homosexuality themed threads. I recently made the mistake of using the word “lifestyle” while making a point in a post. Suddenly I was a homophobe :eek: and the rest of my post was discredited. :mad: It turned into a debate about semantics and got a little nasty toward the end. Does that make me one of these: FROM OP\*\*”I have had the perception that more and more new posters were registering and posting mostly in the threads about homosexuality. Posting to the negative, and in the pit especially, delighting it seems in being as hateful as they can be.”\*\*\*\* If so I call bullshit. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-board-turned-into-a-bigot-magnet/192076.md?page=2)