# Help me understand this insult (RFK Jr "Jeffrey Dahmer of the animal kingdom")

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 27, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-insult-rfk-jr-jeffrey-dahmer-of-the-animal-kingdom/1006317 "2024-08-27T16:43:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-this-insult-rfk-jr-jeffrey-dahmer-of-the-animal-kingdom/1006317/37 "2024-08-29T23:09:57Z")

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Moderating:

> [@Moriarty](#):
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> Fuck you. I’ll converse with who the fuck I want. If you don’t like this board, then fucking leave, asshole.

Irrespective of your intent, @Moriarty, this is never an acceptable response in P&E. Your response is Pit-level stuff, and I think you know that. In discussion currently with other mods as to whether this rises to the level of requiring a warning.

ETA: It does. This is a formal warning for a completely inappropriate response to someone in P&E.

ETA ETA on August 31, 2024: After discussion in the mod loop and considering the explanation offered in this thread:

> [@My apologies to Stranger and the rest of the Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apologies-to-stranger-and-the-rest-of-the-board/1006515):
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> I began to compose this as a private message, but instead chose here. As always, the Mods should move as deemed appropriate. I wish to extend my sincere apologies to @Stranger_On_A_Train , and to the rest of the board. Stranger, I am sorry for my dumb, ignorant, and frankly embarrassing comment, directed towards you in a thread about RFK, Jr., for which a warning was well deserved. By way of explanation (but certainly not excuse), I must confess some personal information, despite a pervasive…

the above Warning is reversed. We’ll leave it at a mod note.

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