# I pit DrDeth **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 28, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971 "2021-02-28T19:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [March 15, 2021, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/202 "2021-03-15T10:18:29Z")
If any sibling of mine posted here, I would a) never acknowledge them and b) be an even bigger dick to them than I am to the rest of you jokers. I would _not_ join them in their transphobia and misandry, and _definitely_ not defend them when they’re openly mocking trans suicide to an admitted trans suicide attemptee. By that point, any lingering good feelings I had for the historic **monstro** were quite toast. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/203 "2021-03-15T10:21:39Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > I can recognize bad faith arguments by DrDeth: attempting to shift the burden of proof, countless deflections and just plain ignoring arguments he can’t respond to… Has he played the “I found some (conveniently offline or dead) authority who disagrees with you, so your actual cites and knowledge are worthless” game yet? I have _such_ fond memories of that from that Göbekli Tepe thread. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/204 "2021-03-15T10:32:00Z")
Can someone please translate TERF? (I’ve spent ten minutes scrolling through these 200+ replies but can’t find any clue.) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/205 "2021-03-15T10:59:06Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Can someone please translate TERF? [Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TERF) > [@](#): > > First recorded in 2008, the term originally applied to the minority of feminists espousing sentiments that other feminists considered transphobic, such as the rejection of the assertion that trans women are women, the exclusion of trans women from women’s spaces, and opposition to transgender rights legislation. The meaning has since expanded to refer more broadly to people with trans-exclusionary views who may have no involvement with radical feminism. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/206 "2021-03-15T11:10:12Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. Also known as Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobe. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/207 "2021-03-15T15:28:24Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > And then @DrDeth shows up to demand “cites” that are clearly impossible, and thereby shit all over it in the manner of the classic sea lion. Now _that’s_ an interesting visual. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/208 "2021-03-15T16:17:22Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > > [@Gyrate](#): > > > > Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. > > Also known as Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobe. Thank you for that. A much better acronym for describing their effects on what could be a good discussion… ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/209 "2021-03-15T17:21:34Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Feminism-Appropriating Reactionary Transphobe. I’m stealing this. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/210 "2021-03-15T21:17:40Z")
While I do appreciate that we all have experiences in our past that inform or fears and opinions, I thought monstro was over the top when she suggested I deserved to be raped for not having an overwhelming fear of being assaulted by trans people. Anything to get me to agree with her, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/211 "2021-03-15T21:52:29Z")
Hey, you can’t argue with success. (I mean, Jesus Christ, she really said that?) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/212 "2021-03-15T21:55:08Z")
Yeah, I’m not going to get over the things that were said in that thread anytime soon. I missed that one, though. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/213 "2021-03-15T21:56:26Z")
I dropped out of that thread just in time, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/214 "2021-03-15T22:21:26Z")
Yeah, it was during a time when the thread was moving really fast, It was hundreds of posts back by the time I read it so I just let it go. I stuck around that thread for way too long, and it’s not even a subject that I typically find engaging. I mostly just thought it was a fascinating study in the way fear can warp thought processes. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/215 "2021-03-16T07:42:59Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Yeah, I’m not going to get over the things that were said in that thread anytime soon. I missed that one, though. Wow. It certainly was lively. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/216 "2021-03-16T20:14:51Z")
I’d love to read that thread if someone would link to it ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/217 "2021-03-16T20:18:18Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > While I don’t like to invoke the Argument from Authority, this just shows his arrogance. He does this a lot. Even when someone is clearly an expert, and he knows noting about the subject, he’ll Google something up and contradict them. He’s a really good example of why cites shouldn’t display large previews. Big incentive to spam big, flashy textboxes without explaining why they’re relevant. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/218 "2021-03-16T20:34:26Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > He’s a really good example of why cites shouldn’t display large previews. Big incentive to spam big, flashy textboxes without explaining why they’re relevant I disagree with removing functionality just because DrDeth is ‘a’ asshole. That’s how the terrorists win. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/219 "2021-03-16T21:38:15Z")
Good luck! > [@J K Rowling and the trans furore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/j-k-rowling-and-the-trans-furore/855795): > > Apologies if there is already a thread on this, but I couldn’t find one. For the past few days there’s been a row about JKR posting ‘anti-trans’ tweets; various actors from the Harry Potter films have appeared to disavow her views. I read her [essay](https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/) and I think she makes some good points. But beyond the issue itself, this ‘cancel culture’ seems to be getting more and more out of hand, stifling free speech with threats, harassment, and ruining people’s livelihoods. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/220 "2021-03-16T21:40:51Z")
This is the scene where the ingenue wanders into the used bookshop and asks about the _Necronomicon_, and **Spice Weasel** is the wicked bookseller who cackles under her breath as she hands it over. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/221 "2021-03-16T21:42:22Z")
Pretty much. Not even _I_ read that entire thread. I wandered in toward the end and then noped outta there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971.md?page=12)