# Holiday periods and racist posts...WTF? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 25, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889 "2002-12-25T21:12:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 25, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889/1 "2002-12-25T21:12:56Z")
I’m starting to get the distinct impression that during the junior high school holiday periods in the United States, there’s a rise in racist postings on the SDMB. Is it coincidence or am I just noticing a lot of juvenile angst (aka BS)? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889/2 "2002-12-25T21:17:36Z")
Or people acting like juveniles. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889/3 "2002-12-25T22:16:25Z")
People seem crankier and are jumping on people for no reason, I’ve seen. (No, this is not referring to anything in this thread.) ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889/4 "2002-12-25T23:32:57Z")
It doesn’t seem to me to be necessarily teen ansgt. It seems to me there are a fair number of people who would not want to run into the billy goats gruff. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2002, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889/5 "2002-12-26T00:45:23Z")
Well, I’m not saying that there’s no such thing as teen angst. I’m just saying that it appears to me that since the rise in racist comments is during the school holiday, the racist posters might just be schoolkids despite their protests to the contrary. Of course, I haven’t done a statistical analysis yet. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Wrong\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Wrong_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889/6 "2002-12-26T01:10:01Z")
Hell, why stop at schoolkids? It seems to me like most people (not just teenagers) have an increased amount of free time over the holidays, with being off work and such. Perhaps there are a large amount of college students and adults finding the boards right about now–some who will no doubt be valuable contributors, and some not so much. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2002, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889/7 "2002-12-26T01:15:27Z")
TWG: Mighty fine point. There is, of course, the ol’ Cap’n Ed disaster. ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889/8 "2002-12-26T02:01:17Z")
I can’t use “captain ed” in the search. I’ve heard of that before, but what are some details? ---
**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:** [December 26, 2002, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889/9 "2002-12-26T02:21:35Z")
CzechMaster: Do a search on thread titles in the Pit for “racist scumbag.” ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889/10 "2002-12-26T03:41:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monty \* > \*\*Well, I’m not saying that there’s no such thing as teen angst. I’m just saying that it appears to me that since the rise in racist comments is during the school holiday, the racist posters might just be schoolkids despite their protests to the contrary. Of course, I haven’t done a statistical analysis yet. \*\* From what I have noticed racism is too much of a older generation thing for schoolkids to cause much of a difference. It is more likely that the situation with Trent Lott simply caused discussion about what most people keep buried. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889/11 "2002-12-26T03:47:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Troy McClure SF \* > \*\*People seem crankier and are jumping on people for no reason, I’ve seen. (No, this is not referring to anything in this thread.) \*\* It’s funny you should say this. I was going to start a thread the other day asking if it was just me or if people here were really acting pissy the last couple of weeks or so. But I didn’t feel like hunting down links and getting flamed by people who objected to my drawing attention to their pissiness. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889/12 "2002-12-26T05:53:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Troy McClure SF \* > \*\*People seem crankier and are jumping on people for no reason, I’ve seen. (No, this is not referring to anything in this thread.) \*\* How dare you accuse me!! Get him!!! j/k;) ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-periods-and-racist-posts-wtf/144889/13 "2002-12-26T06:34:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tars Tarkas \* > **How dare you accuse me!! Get him!!!** Hey, I’ll go Jack f’ing Bauer on your ass, Mr Crankypants!