# I didn't realize that it was considered okay to accuse posters of being drunk

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**Created:** [July 29, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-realize-that-it-was-considered-okay-to-accuse-posters-of-being-drunk/629737 "2012-07-29T05:41:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-realize-that-it-was-considered-okay-to-accuse-posters-of-being-drunk/629737/61 "2012-08-03T16:43:48Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> As for my opinion on the OP–it’s quite simple: people are under the delusion that the mods don’t allow insults.

Only if they don’t read the stickies. The mods do not allow direct personal insults, they do not enforce a Pollyanna schema whereby anything insulting is verboten. Or course, as you just accused me of trolling in a recent GD thread, perhaps you could use some of that sauce, gander.

> [@BigT](#):
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> In fact, I bet that, if RNATB had rephrased his statement as “That post could have been made by a drunk person,” I bet it would have been fine.

That’s probably a pretty poor bet. “That’s a stupid argument” is quite different from “that argument could only have been posted by a stupid person.” The distinction should be eminently clear.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-realize-that-it-was-considered-okay-to-accuse-posters-of-being-drunk/629737/62 "2012-08-05T00:54:58Z")

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Apparently the mods can do it anytime they want. Lacking any violation of rules or indications otherwise. But it is easier for them to just create rules on the fly so that they can use their position to select what can be posted based on their personal preferences.

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-didnt-realize-that-it-was-considered-okay-to-accuse-posters-of-being-drunk/629737/63 "2012-08-05T12:30:47Z")

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udrunkbro?

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