# I Pit Babale **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 7, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738 "2025-04-07T14:59:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 75
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1481 "2026-10-26T17:00:49Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > It really demonstrates the extreme level of hypocrisy you shit stains engage in. _Tu quoque_ rolls off my back like water off a duck, Mr “Liberal”. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1482 "2026-10-26T17:03:35Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > _Tu quoque_ rolls off my back like water off a duck, Mr “Liberal" _Tu quoque_ means you too, and aside from inflating your ego by demonstrating your knowledge of some useless Latin, I’m not sure what it’s inclusion accomplishes. You too implies that I’m criticizing you for calling BigT tardy, which I’m not. I’m not the one virtue signaling about terminology; that would be you. I’m simply demonstrating that you don’t actually believe what you’re saying. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1483 "2026-10-26T17:06:15Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > you have absolutely no principals beyond “America/West Bad”. Your brain remains broken, sadly: > [@I object strenuously to this moderator instruction in the Ukraine Breaking News thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-strenuously-to-this-moderator-instruction-in-the-ukraine-breaking-news-thread/972437/44): > > It should be. > [@Russia was justified in its invasion of Ukraine..let's discuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-was-justified-in-its-invasion-of-ukraine-lets-discuss/960590/55): > > A lie Imperialist crap Show us the treaties I seriously doubt that. How did the US, specifically, provoke Russia? Tu quoque gets you laughed out of debate club. Make better TV, movies, fast food and sodas than they have been making, rather than invading their neighbours. That’s the way to equal the little hegemony the US still has. More examples of @MrDibble’s extensive and coherent moral stances are trivially easy to find. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1484 "2026-10-26T17:11:38Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > You too implies that I’m criticizing you for calling BigT tardy, which I’m not. No, the _tu quoque_ was here, _chaver_: > [@Babale](#): > > hypocrisy > [@Babale](#): > > I’m not the one virtue signaling about terminology No, you’re the one who virtue signals\[1\] about being the actual liberal. “Illiberal” is one of your favourite insults. I wasn’t “virtue signaling” anything _about myself_. Just pointing out that you’re once again being a hypocrite. * * * 1. and my, isn’t that such a decidedly liberal insult \s ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1485 "2026-10-26T17:14:45Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > No, you’re the one who virtue signals about being the actual liberal. “Illiberal” is one of your favourite insults. What does being a liberal have to do with anything? Do you think that not saying “spaz” has anything to do with liberalism? That’s not liberalism, it’s a (particular brand of) progressivism. And even among progressives, that brand has fallen out of favor. Same with your little sarcastic note about virtue signaling. You seem to confuse liberalism with 2016 era progressivism. Even AOC thinks that shit was crazy. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1486 "2026-10-26T17:19:25Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > That’s not liberalism, it’s a (particular brand of) progressivism. Good luck preaching that it’s perfectly OK for liberals to be ableist… > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > More examples of @MrDibble’s extensive and coherent moral stances are trivially easy to find. No, no, you see, I must _love_ Mother Russia because I’m … an old school Marxist in disguise or some shit? I forget, he’s never _coherent_ about what he actually thinks I believe (as opposed to the political beliefs I actually hold) ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1487 "2026-10-26T17:21:18Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Good luck preaching that it’s perfectly OK for liberals to be ableist… 2016 called, they want their virtue signaling back. > [@MrDibble](#): > > No, no, you see, I must _love_ Mother Russia because I’m … an old school Marxist in disguise or some shit? I forget, he’s never _coherent_ about what he actually thinks I believe (as opposed to the political beliefs I actually hold) You’re an Anarchist, and I love that you think that’s coherent - it’s so cute! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1488 "2026-10-26T17:21:47Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Even AOC thinks that shit was crazy. Sure, AOC is just slinging “spaz” and “retarded” like you do. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1489 "2026-10-26T17:22:33Z")
I just submitted my straight blue ballot for the midterm election, but an Anarchist in South Africa got his panties in a bunch over my usage of the term “spaz”, so I guess I have to run up my liberal card and buy a MAGA hat. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1490 "2026-10-26T17:22:57Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > 2016 called, they want their virtue signaling back. MAGA called, they want their co-opted insults back. > [@Babale](#): > > You’re an Anarchist, and I love that you think that’s coherent - it’s so cute! Like being a liberal genocide fan? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1491 "2026-10-26T17:23:03Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Sure, AOC is just slinging “spaz” and “retarded” like you do I think you were the one who said “tardy” actually. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1492 "2026-10-26T17:23:13Z")
Maybe we need a new thread dedicated exclusively to Babale and Dibble’s insulting each other? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1493 "2026-10-26T17:23:41Z")
I did. You just outright say “retarded”. Would you like cites? ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1494 "2026-10-26T17:25:45Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > You just outright say “retarded”. Would you like cites? So do you - but I’m sure the things we were both talking about were indeed retarded (in the figurative sense, it would be shitty to talk about someone who is actually mentally handicapped that way), so that’s OK. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1495 "2026-10-26T17:27:51Z")
Before Oct 7th, Babs agreed that “retarded/retard” was inappropriate! > [@Can we get rid of "retard" next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-get-rid-of-retard-next/964755/19): > > Agreed. There’s no need for it; we aren’t 12. What issues _hasn’t_ he regressed on? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1496 "2026-10-26T20:20:51Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > So do you As an insult for people? Not in the last decade, at least. I dropped it, like I dropped “cunt” and “hillbilly” and various other insults. Other than that, I used it a lot to paraphrase what scientific racists were saying. Me obliquely reminding BigT of an insulting name he got primarily for being preachy was not me _calling_ him retarded. Not that I expect you to see the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1497 "2026-10-26T20:38:30Z")
Cool story bro. Once Mary Peltola flips Alaska blue by calling a commercial fisherman a retard, will you stop pretending to give a shit, or are we going to continue to be treated to your best BigT impression? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1498 "2026-10-26T21:03:44Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Cool story bro. So that’s a “no” on the cites, then. > [@Babale](#): > > Once Mary Peltola flips Alaska blue by calling a commercial fisherman a retard, will you stop pretending to give a shit Are you having a stroke? > [@Babale](#): > > are we going to continue to be treated to your best BigT impression? Was this supposed to be some kind of insult? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738.md?page=74)