# I forget, do we have a general HurricaneDitka Pit thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952 "2018-01-06T00:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 53
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1041 "2019-08-17T04:45:42Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > You should get to know more Mormons, then, and get to know them well. Many of them are nice. I come from sixth generation pioneer stock, but there are plenty of these kinds of assholes there. Mormons love to compliment each pother on how wonderful they are, and they often put on a show in public. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1042 "2019-08-17T06:13:31Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Many of them are nice. I come from sixth generation pioneer stock, but there are plenty of these kinds of assholes there. > > Mormons love to compliment each pother on how wonderful they are, and they often put on a show in public. Nice brush you’re using there. At which store did you find it ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1043 "2019-08-17T06:16:24Z")
I believe TB is telling you that he was raised Mormon and he bases his comments on personal experience. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1044 "2019-08-28T18:24:51Z")
Lying, bloodthirsty shitbag HD cheers at the possibility of Justice Ginsberg’s death – but not even for political reasons, for liberal-tears reasons: > [@How Much Longer Does Ginsburg Have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-longer-does-ginsburg-have/827368/143): > > If Ginsburg dies while President Trump is in office, liberals will absolutely lose their shit. It will be epic. He’s the perfect demonstration of the conclusion that many or most Trump value angering liberals above all else. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1045 "2019-08-28T19:56:58Z")
Hell, after all this time, have to borrow some shit in order to lose any. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1046 "2019-08-28T20:04:26Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Lying, bloodthirsty shitbag HD cheers at the possibility of Justice Ginsberg’s death – but not even for political reasons, for liberal-tears reasons: > > He’s the perfect demonstration of the conclusion that many or most Trump value angering liberals above all else. Any tsk taking left for the celebration of Koch’s death in the nearby Pit thread? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1047 "2019-08-28T20:14:39Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Lying, bloodthirsty shitbag HD cheers at the possibility of Justice Ginsberg’s death – but not even for political reasons, for liberal-tears reasons: > > He’s the perfect demonstration of the conclusion that many or most Trump value angering liberals above all else. Imagine how small and pathetic his life must be that this is what gives him joy. He’s almost worth the pity. If he weren’t such a vile cunt. ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1048 "2019-08-28T20:19:24Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Any tsk taking left for the celebration of Koch’s death in the nearby Pit thread? The difference is that people are celebrating his death because he used his vast wealth to push very damaging policies on our country. Not because they want to see Conservatives upset. One is about policy. The other is about spite. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1049 "2019-08-28T20:20:02Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Any tsk taking left for the celebration of Koch’s death in the nearby Pit thread? Once again, you’ve got no problem with anything said or done by your compatriots as long as you’ve got that “They do it toooo!” straw to grasp. In your pathetic little world is anything just wrong no matter who the fuck says or does it? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1050 "2019-08-28T20:22:35Z")
Calling it gloating to say “liberals are going to lose their shit if Ginsberg dies and Trump is President” is like calling it gloating when I predict that the sun will rise tomorrow. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1051 "2019-08-28T20:22:57Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Any tsk taking left for the celebration of Koch’s death in the nearby Pit thread? Are people celebrating Koch’s death, or are people taking joy in the ‘shit being lost by conservatives’? I recall progressives giving Scalia quite the cursed send-off. I don’t recall them expressing explicit joy in conservative tears. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1052 "2019-08-28T20:23:24Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Any tsk taking left for the celebration of Koch’s death in the nearby Pit thread? Were any of those celebrators given instructions to not “rile people up”? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1053 "2019-08-28T20:25:22Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Calling it gloating to say “liberals are going to lose their shit if Ginsberg dies and Trump is President” is like calling it gloating when I predict that the sun will rise tomorrow. > > Regards, > Shodan _‘It goes without saying.’_ QED. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1054 "2019-08-28T21:02:43Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > The difference is that people are celebrating his death because he used his vast wealth to push very damaging policies on our country. > > Not because they want to see Conservatives upset. > > One is about policy. The other is about spite. If someone celebrated the idea of Ginsburg dying because they despised her open judicial activism and the awful precedent it set for the court system, would you be okay with that? ETA: That criticism isn’t my own opinion. To be honest I had to use Google to search for criticism of her, just to find an example. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1055 "2019-08-28T21:28:12Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Calling it gloating to say “liberals are going to lose their shit if Ginsberg dies and Trump is President” is like calling it gloating when I predict that the sun will rise tomorrow. “If the sun rises tomorrow, roosters will absolutely lose their shit. It will be epic.” —_Shodan’s analogy, edited for accuracy_ ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1056 "2019-08-28T21:49:02Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Are people celebrating Koch’s death, or are people taking joy in the ‘shit being lost by conservatives’? I recall progressives giving Scalia quite the cursed send-off. I don’t recall them expressing explicit joy in conservative tears. Well, if HD is too chickenshit to participate in the Pit, he can just post provocative shit in the other forums where no one can call him chickenshit. Now that’s bone spurs level bravery. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1057 "2019-08-28T22:19:41Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > The difference is that people are celebrating his death because he used his vast wealth to push very damaging policies on our country. > > Not because they want to see Conservatives upset. > > One is about policy. The other is about spite. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Once again, you’ve got no problem with anything said or done by your compatriots as long as you’ve got that “They do it toooo!” straw to grasp. > In your pathetic little world is anything just wrong no matter who the fuck says or does it? > [@QuickSilver](#): > > Are people celebrating Koch’s death, or are people taking joy in the ‘shit being lost by conservatives’? I recall progressives giving Scalia quite the cursed send-off. I don’t recall them expressing explicit joy in conservative tears. What a ridiculous splitting of hairs. ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1058 "2019-08-29T01:18:14Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > What a ridiculous splitting of hairs. I’m not surprised you can’t see the difference. There’s some nuance involved, which seems to be a sort of kryptonite to conservatives these days. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1059 "2019-08-29T03:29:28Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > I’m not surprised you can’t see the difference. There’s some nuance involved, which seems to be a sort of kryptonite to conservatives these days. I think it’s in poor taste and ghoulish to celebrate the death of someone over minor ideological differences. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/1060 "2019-08-29T03:48:06Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I think it’s in poor taste and ghoulish to celebrate the death of someone over minor ideological differences. An odd criterion. At what point do you consider that “ideological differences” with someone become non-“minor” enough that it’s **not** in poor taste and ghoulish to celebrate their death? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952.md?page=54)