# I miss Taggert! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 10, 2002, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265 "2002-08-10T08:19:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/1 "2002-08-10T08:19:42Z")
Taggert is gone ☹ ☹ Je suis desole On an ocean of rectitude, Taggert came into my life, like Paddle-to-the-Sea, bobbing to-and-fro on the froth that is the SDMB. Truly, he tought me how to appreciate the conservative mind, to revel in the inequities of both the moral compass and the mental lodestone. Food tasted better, water – wetter. And I learned how to listen with my heart, and which Greatful Dead LPs to play, and why. And now he is gone, and I must cry. _sob_ perhaps if we all remember Taggert, the way he was, he will remain whole within us… Perhaps he is in a better place now, surrounded by the angels of meaning and unmeaning. Taggert, if you can still see me now, I’m going to read Leviathan, and watch it too. _bawls_ TAGGERT! WHY HAST THOU FORSAKEN ME!! COME BACK, TAGGERT I BELIEVED YOU!!! TAGGGERTTT! ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/2 "2002-08-10T09:34:08Z")
So what got him/her banned? Or do I have to wade into that 5 page thread to find out? ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/3 "2002-08-10T09:47:39Z")
My guess: a never ending parody of conservatism that was just good enough to really anger people over what was really nothing. He really was good at sounding like a liberal’s idea of what a conservative might sound like – in the Bizarro World. He was funny. I will miss the laughter, the …sniff… I, **the mods.** , and about a dozen other people warned the nimrod. He would not listen. I even quoted Hobbes to warn him. No dice. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/4 "2002-08-10T09:51:29Z")
**Brutus** - Just from the first post it is fairly evident what got him canned…He expressed a like for Ann Coulter. 😃 For the record, I still say she is cute. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/5 "2002-08-10T09:55:50Z")
Damn. I am somewhat ‘conservative’ myself, but had some good laughs at him/her. And if a like/lust of A.Coulter is enough to get one banned, then **BAN AWAY**!!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/6 "2002-08-10T10:03:01Z")
Oh well. Now he can devote more time working for Mel Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/7 "2002-08-10T10:30:12Z")
Re: I miss Tagert. I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/8 "2002-08-10T14:17:51Z")
OK, I’ll bite: What did his “watch this drive” sig mean anyway? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/9 "2002-08-10T14:44:53Z")
He forgot the final “L”. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/10 "2002-08-10T14:49:35Z")
**squeegee** , from [here](http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/ny-wobush052810557aug05.story?coll=ny-lipolitics-print). GW Bush on the golf course 8/4/02, either leading the war on terrorism or perhaps looking for the real killer: > [@](#): > > For those who yearn for peace in the Middle East, for those in the Arab lands, for those in Europe, for those all around the world who yearn for peace, we must do everything we possibly can to stop the terror… I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. > > Thank you. Now watch this drive." ---
**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:** [August 10, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/11 "2002-08-10T16:05:00Z")
I like **kaylasdad99** ’s explanation better. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/12 "2002-08-10T17:13:24Z")
I’ll miss the little not-a-sock-puppet ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/13 "2002-08-10T17:44:53Z")
I thought he was clever. I smiled more reading his posts than most others. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/15 "2002-08-10T19:28:15Z")
Welcome to the boards, Gandalf! I have nothing to add to this thread, but I just had to say what a great name you have. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/16 "2002-08-10T20:22:31Z")
**Ace0Spades** , we all like different folks and you are certainly welcome to defend or mourn **Taggert**. However, when you sully the name of Paddle-to-the-Sea by association, I can only conclude that you are a _sick_ individual. _Sick_, d’you hear me? **Sick**! (Now, had you compared him to Scuffy the Tugboat, I could see the point.) ---
**Author:** ![mighty\_maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@mighty\_maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mighty_maxx)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/17 "2002-08-10T20:29:22Z")
Banned? WTF? The guy had two major threads. Both of wich rubbed the hair backwards of the board, he was good at it. The question is whether or he was doing it on purpose, just to get a responce. Or did really hold those ideas, cause he sure did deffend them quite well. I think it is a shame that he is gone. After his first few threads I believe he would have either toned down or broke character. The former would have resulted in him being a right-wing spokesman (hardcore right is hard to find here), or the latter he would have been found out and banned. I think his banning was a little premature…IMHO. He was a very capable poster, and I looked forward to seeing him debate other issues besides politics. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/18 "2002-08-11T00:01:34Z")
Nice catch, **Tom**. I’m going to re-read that, along with Leviathan. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/19 "2002-08-11T00:19:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mighty\_maxx \*The question is whether or he was doing it on purpose, just to get a responce. \*\* I don’t think there was much question about that, especially after he started the clique thread. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/20 "2002-08-11T00:36:56Z")
I’ll miss him to. He had it coming though. \*_Bodini_ had no choice. Guys like him have an independant spirit that won’t be restrained by the arbitrary restrictions of a host community. He said what he had to say giving no quarter, all along the perfect gentleman. ---
**Author:** ![RexDart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@RexDart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexDart)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265/21 "2002-08-11T00:57:18Z")
I don’t think the “New Clique” thread did it. In that thread be broke the ancient rule of Usenet, “There is no cabal,” and got warned by Lynn that he was “acting like a jerk.” The thread however was closed immediately after Lynn’s post, which sounded like a warning not a banning. So I presume he just got out of hand in that 4 page monstrosity about not being a sock puppet. He didn’t really get irrationally violent or vulgar, IIRC, so I found him amusing. I think there might be a level of what is called “trolling” which really isn’t a bad thing. **Taggert** , if he was indeed a troll, had it down to an art form. I will miss those works of art, though I think by the time of the “New Clique” thread he was losing the finer points of his art. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-taggert/123265.md?page=2)