# Holy Fuck give the goddamn Bush threads a break! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 24, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-fuck-give-the-goddamn-bush-threads-a-break/256631 "2004-07-24T02:38:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-fuck-give-the-goddamn-bush-threads-a-break/256631/61 "2004-07-26T01:34:43Z")
Pay no attention. **milroyj** does this every time he gets mod-slapped. He goes silent for a few days, and when he comes up for air, he spends his time dashing around, pointing at other posters, trying to create the impression that they’re violating board rules. “Look at what **Poster X** just said! Oh, he’s going to get in trouble for that! I’d better point out just how serious **Poster X’s** bad behavior is!!!” It never works, but he’s stunningly consistent in his inability to learn from experience. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-fuck-give-the-goddamn-bush-threads-a-break/256631/62 "2004-07-26T02:20:14Z")
> [@Early Out](#): > > It never works, but he’s stunningly consistent in his inability to learn from experience. There _are_ those who would call such behavior “cunning.” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-fuck-give-the-goddamn-bush-threads-a-break/256631/63 "2004-07-26T03:13:05Z")
> [@Early Out](#): > > It never works, but he’s stunningly consistent in his inability to learn from experience. You know, that could also apply to the current administration. ---
**Author:** ![jastu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jastu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jastu)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-fuck-give-the-goddamn-bush-threads-a-break/256631/64 "2004-07-26T04:27:47Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > sigh. You’re so, so right. I wish there were a separate, temporary forum for them, just until a little after the election is over. As a non-American I am totally fed up with not only Bush bashing threads but the whole political debate. I mean how many times can the same people say the same thing and still hold our attention? I’d like to second the suggestion for a totally separate forum for politics. Geez how far away are the elections? ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-fuck-give-the-goddamn-bush-threads-a-break/256631/65 "2004-07-26T07:46:21Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Sigh. You know, you can debate and asd people questiions, or even to explain what they mean without having to constantly be so hostile. This coming from the guy who claims those who disagree with him “lack reading comprehension”.:rolleyes: > [@](#): > > Second, and you’d know this if you’d read all of what I’d posted previously, I said “of the few I had ventured into”. Wow, you’re already doing it again. Any time anyone disagrees with you, you imply that they are an idiot who doesn’t know how to read. And then you call _me_ “hostile”. Hilarious. If you only ventured into a few threads, then you cannot possibly make a judgment as to what evidence other threads may or may not lack. > [@](#): > > Third, and I stated this in previous threads too, I’m NOT just talking of here, I’m talking in real life too. And I did NOT say “evidence” didn’t exist, crucial or otherwise. I said regarding what DOES exist, we all read the same news, and we all see the same articles, and that unless someone has insider information, it’s wrong to call those people who interpret this information DIFFERENTLY, stupid or evil. First, that’s not what you said. Second, the point you’re making _now_ goes without saying. OF COURSE it’s not nice to call people stupid or evil just because they disagree with you. It’s not nice when the Clinton-bashers or Kerry-bashers do it either. So what’s your point? Are you complaining that there are too many Bush threads, or are you complaining that _some_ people are rude in _some_ threads? Because it’s hardly news that _sometimes_, some people are rude. The crux of the argument we are having is that you implied a dichotomy wherein the abundance of Bush threads means _either_ this board is overly left-leaning, or that people who don’t like Bush are more “rabid”. But you left out the 3rd possibility that there are more Bush threads because Bush has done more things wrong to _warrant_ more threads being started about him. Over in Cafe Society, I bet there are more threads decrying the evilness of Darth Vader than there are decrying the evilness of Luke Skywalker. Does that imply that Empire-supporters are more restrained and less rude than Rebel-supporters? No, it just means Darth Vader is an asshole. > [@](#): > > One person can see a newscast, or read a “top secret” document online and see that as meaning something different than those who are opposed to it. Well no, you can’t read top secret documents online, but other than that, what’s your point? ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-fuck-give-the-goddamn-bush-threads-a-break/256631/66 "2004-07-26T18:03:46Z")
Gee, this is one of the better Bush-bashing threads I’ve seen this week! (welcome to the Law of Unintended Consequences) ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-fuck-give-the-goddamn-bush-threads-a-break/256631/67 "2004-07-26T18:40:50Z")
Might I remind the OPer that, in the words of his Great Misleader, we’re ‘either with him or against him’, and if against him, we should ‘bring it on!’ Done and done. Fuck Dumbya and his cult. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-fuck-give-the-goddamn-bush-threads-a-break/256631.md?page=3)