# I pit over-the-top Anti-Trump hysteria **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 5, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735 "2025-08-05T18:11:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 72
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1422 "2026-02-17T22:18:11Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …now I think you are just drunk LOL. No, just bored right now. But I _will_ be drunk. Eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1423 "2026-02-17T22:19:39Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > No, just bored right now. …so you are _trolling_ then. Gotcha. Eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1424 "2026-02-17T22:21:44Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …so you are _trolling_ then. No, “bored” is an entirely different concept. For someone who was so hung up on the definition of “riling up,” I’m surprised you’d be this sloppy with language. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1425 "2026-02-17T22:24:47Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > No, “bored” is an entirely different concept. For someone who was so hung up on the definition of “riling up,” I’m surprised you’d be this sloppy with language. …trolls don’t admit it when they are trolling. I’ve determined you are trolling because of your actions and your behaviour. I’d block you but I don’t think that’s allowed. So I’m just going to ignore you in this thread and others from now on unless its in your official capacity. I thought you were engaging in good faith. But its clear now you are not. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1426 "2026-02-17T22:29:28Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > I’d block you but I don’t think that’s allowed. Yeah, we both have to live with the inability to use our block lists on each other. Truly, a tragedy for the ages. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1427 "2026-02-17T22:41:10Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Yeah, we both have to live with the inability to use our block lists on each other. Are we allowed to block mods? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1428 "2026-02-17T22:41:42Z")
No, nor are we allowed to block any of you. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2026, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1429 "2026-02-18T04:44:51Z")
To be frank, @Miller, that _was_ an entirely unnecessary and troll-adjacent interaction on your part. Seemingly directed out of personal animus too, which is not a great look. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1430 "2026-02-18T09:36:18Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Seemingly directed out of personal animus too, which is not a great look. Well, you’re not wrong, on either count. @Banquet_Bear, I’m not handling the fascist collapse of my country as well as I could be. I get irrationally angry at your posts - irrational because I get angry at you, when its the content that pisses me off. I don’t know why I have this reaction to you in particular - you’re hardly the only person pointing out what’s going on, and it’s not like you’re wrong 90% of the time. I know this thread isn’t the first time I’ve done it. It’s not fair to you, and I apologize. I’ll try to avoid engaging your posts any more until I get my shit straightened out. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1431 "2026-02-18T11:02:41Z")
That’s a very good example of how you do an apology. You’re a class act, @Miller ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1432 "2026-02-18T13:36:19Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Sure. Explain exactly what WE can do to eliminate this current administration before January 2029. If the mid terms go our way, impeach Trump and anyone in his addministration that we can. Jesus, Noem fired a pilot because he forgot her blankie. Well, and her goons kill two inocent Americans. She killed her dog because she couldn’t train it. Bondi, well, where do you start. These people are insane criminals. Not like the Joker. These people are really, really stupid as well. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1433 "2026-02-18T14:37:47Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > These people are insane criminals. Not like the Joker. These people are really, really stupid as well. So, _The Riddler_ if he became obsessed with QAnon? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1434 "2026-02-18T15:00:16Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > @Banquet_Bear, I’m not handling the fascist collapse of my country as well as I could be. I get irrationally angry at your posts - irrational because I get angry at you, when its the content that pisses me off. I don’t especially get mad at @Banquet_Bear , but i do get mad reading his posts. I’ve kinda stopped engaging with a lot of them, because it’s just too depressing and enraging, and there’s not much i can do about it. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1435 "2026-02-18T16:44:48Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > If the mid terms go our way, impeach Trump and anyone in his addministration that we can. I agree with those who have already posted that this would be a pointless exercise. This has been done already. Twice. Had no effect. If you don’t have enough votes in the Senate to convict (you won’t), then it’s simply another performance. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1436 "2026-02-18T17:06:43Z")
But what if we DO after the mid terms. Trump is desperately trying to screw up the vote so that does not happen of course. But what. If. We. Do. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1437 "2026-02-18T17:22:12Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > If you don’t have enough votes in the Senate to convict (you won’t), then it’s simply another performance. And because it has been done twice before, we already know how it will turn out. At this point it is the equivalent of Lucy holding the ball for Charlie Brown to kick. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1438 "2026-02-18T17:39:05Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > But what. If. We. Do. I understand that it’s really nice to talk about a potentially positive outcome. But at some point, reality has to kick in. Yes, it’s likely that the Democrats will take back the house, and it’s possible that they’ll take back the senate. But getting enough Senators to vote to convict Trump is simply a fantasy. You might as well wish for a land shark to jump through the Whitehouse windows and devour the whole lot of them. You’ll need to come up with a Realistic, Attainable plan. Not a “wouldn’t it be great” plan. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1439 "2026-02-18T17:56:20Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I understand that it’s really nice to talk about a potentially positive outcome. But at some point, reality has to kick in. It doesn’t though, that’s the problem. ---
**Author:** ![keeganst94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@keeganst94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeganst94)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1440 "2026-02-18T18:51:47Z")
You can day dream about it if you like, the same way I day dream about what I would do if I won a billion dollars in the lottery. But both scenarios have about the same odds, and I wouldn’t suggest anyone rely on either. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735/1441 "2026-02-18T18:55:54Z")
It’s a LOT more realistic than you winning a billion dollars. Trump is running scared trying to fuck up another election. That mean anything to you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735.md?page=71) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-over-the-top-anti-trump-hysteria/1021735.md?page=73)