# Heh. I called it. I knew that conservatives would try to prosecute climate change activists **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [March 13, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517 "2025-03-13T06:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/21 "2025-03-13T19:52:10Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Whatever happened to [**septimus**]? While I was reading this thread, I thought “ **Septimus** is still around”. But no. His last post and appearance on the board was in June 2020. And he had been decidedly prolific (a dozen or two posts per day) in the weeks leading up to his last day. Whether one can draw a conclusion from that, I cannot say. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/22 "2025-03-13T20:57:16Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > While I was reading this thread, I thought “ **Septimus** is still around”. But no. His last post and appearance on the board was in June 2020. That’s because he was banned. > [@Septimus is Banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/septimus-is-banned/855813): > > For receiving multiple warnings follow a suspension, poster septimus is banned. Warnings: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22358602&postcount=232](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22358602&postcount=232)[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22239748&postcount=16](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22239748&postcount=16)[https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22117404&postcount=3393](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=22117404&postcount=3393) Suspension: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=825622&highlight=septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=825622&highlight=septimus) Background: Because the suspension is so far removed I want to give you people a bit … Though I wouldn’t be surprised if he _has_ been posting since June 2020 (just not under the same username). ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/23 "2025-03-14T01:29:01Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > > > So, he was mad as a fucking hatter long before he became a Trumpster. > > I knew he was an unstable asshole, I just didn’t know he was MAGA. Not _shocked_, it just wasn’t on my radar. As much as he dearly loves Thailand’s joke of a monarchy, I’m not at all surprised by him falling into the felon47 supporter (aka authoritarian and therefore can do no wrong idol suppporter) camp. > [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@bordelond](#): > > > > While I was reading this thread, I thought “ **Septimus** is still around”. But no. His last post and appearance on the board was in June 2020. > > That’s because he was banned. There’s no “BANNED” under his user name and the threads you like go to the OOPS! page. The banning announcement thread does appear. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/24 "2025-03-14T02:06:31Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > There’s no “BANNED” under his user name and the threads you like go to the OOPS! page. The banning announcement thread does appear. The “banned” title is something mods add I believe, it’s not automatic. Not every banned poster has it. If you go to his user page he’s “suspended”. (Indefinitely of course.) > **[@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus/summary)** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/25 "2025-03-14T02:20:22Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I knew he was an unstable asshole, I just didn’t know he was MAGA. Not _shocked_, it just wasn’t on my radar. Uh, he was being _sarcastic,_ there. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/26 "2025-03-14T02:27:34Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Margaret Atwood intended _The Handmaid’s Tale_ to be a somewhat hyperbolic allegory, not a futurist prediction of the United States, but here we are, I guess. The big difference is Canada was where folks fled to from Gilead. Will Canada allow us to flee from Gilead at this point? I don’t think so. We are stuck. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/27 "2025-03-14T03:15:38Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Uh, he was being _sarcastic,_ there. Okay, so maybe that’s why I was unaware. 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/28 "2025-03-14T03:47:40Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Will Canada allow us to flee from Gilead at this point? That’s the wonderful thing about being an illegal alien! You don’t have the be “allowed” to do it! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/29 "2025-03-14T12:13:03Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > That’s the wonderful thing about being an illegal alien! You don’t have the be “allowed” to do it! But I have been repeatedly told that Sleepy Joe Biden, Nasty Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris (I can’t remember her insult-name) and Chuck Schumer (ditto) all allowed illegal aliens into the failing but somehow still greatest country on Earth. Are you saying I was lied to? ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/30 "2025-03-14T12:34:52Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > Kamala Harris (I can’t remember her insult-name It’s an issue that [he struggled deeply with during the campaign](https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1826401734736183634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1826401734736183634%7Ctwgr%5Ea27213f0b5bbe03c48bc569961aa62a65efc5896%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indy100.com%2Fpolitics%2Ftrump%2Fdonald-trump-kamala-harris-nickname) (warning, Twitter link) so he mostly just repeated her name with various mispronunciations, called her a ‘Marxist’, and claimed that she had just ‘turned Black’ when it was politically convenient which were it true would make her attendance at [Howard University for her undergraduate education](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/08/30/kamala-harris-howard-university-1980s-00176176) very curious. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/31 "2025-03-14T13:50:48Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Habitat can be rebuilt but trump will forever be enshrined in the history books as the worst President by far America has ever had (and that is saying something). I think we’ve reached the point where the only historical debate will be whether Trump was the worst President or whether he was the worst two Presidents. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/32 "2025-03-14T15:24:50Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > “For one brief shining moment there was Camelot.” I remember feeling that way when Obama was elected. I genuinely believed that that was a great moment for humanity; I could never have imagined that we would be ever facing crap like this. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/33 "2025-03-14T23:02:46Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > Kamala Harris (I can’t remember her insult-name) [Kamabla](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/harris-donald-trump-nickname-kamabla-2024-b2593369.html) ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/34 "2025-03-14T23:23:39Z")
this is why we can’t let them win. and, while I get this is the pit, can we remember that despair is a form of arrogance? because it assumes we know exactly what is going to happen and we just don’t. ETA I meant to quote Happy Lendervedder saying “it depends on who writes the history books” and I may be paraphrasing. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/35 "2025-03-15T01:26:46Z")
I thought it was _“Laughing Kamala.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/36 "2025-03-15T17:58:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think we’ve reached the point where the only historical debate will be whether Trump was the worst President or whether he was the worst two Presidents. One hopes. Remember, back in 2015 people thought that GW Bush would be remembered as the worst president. Now I view him with almost a wistful fondness. Who knows who could be coming next down the (sewage) pipe. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/37 "2025-03-15T18:08:49Z")
The correct response to ‘Was Donald Trump was the worst possible President?’ is ‘Don’t tempt them.’ ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/38 "2025-03-15T18:11:14Z")
Wait until Vance gets in. We’ll be thinking fondly of Trump (At least he was merely senile and easily led) when he’s through. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/39 "2025-03-15T18:15:06Z")
I think the correct response to “Well, do you want dogshit on your plate, or do you want horseshit?” is to refuse the plate, period. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517/40 "2025-03-15T18:17:08Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > > > Kamala Harris (I can’t remember her insult-name) > > [Kamabla](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/harris-donald-trump-nickname-kamabla-2024-b2593369.html) That’s my favorite Three Dog Night song! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heh-i-called-it-i-knew-that-conservatives-would-try-to-prosecute-climate-change-activists/1015517.md?page=3)