# I pit DrDeth

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**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")\
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**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 3, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drdeth/933971/71 "2021-03-03T00:05:19Z")

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And when called on it, he whines:

> [@And to Think I can't See it on Mulberry Street -- Six Seuss Books retired for racism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-to-think-i-cant-see-it-on-mulberry-street-six-seuss-books-retired-for-racism/934113/75):
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> Sure, bad expression. “Ban” is clearly a trigger word for many. Let’s not use it then.

Well, in the mammoth extinction thread, it is clear that “overkill” is a trigger word for @DrDeth; luckily no one used it aside from him, with his assumption that any reference to human hunting is automatically an adoption of the “overkill” hypothesis.

My point is, it’s laughable how when it suits him DrDeth is a huge pedant about correct terminology, but then he uses words that don’t mean what he thinks they mean at all, and when called on it whines about “trigger words”.

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