# I pit those who pit Der Trihs. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 4, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212 "2011-02-04T22:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/61 "2011-02-06T00:52:55Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > I pit you for your lack of respect for the serial comma. As long as we’re all pitting each other, I pit you for… for… for your funny name! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/62 "2011-02-06T01:31:38Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > **Der Trihs**. **magellan** says some odd things, but he doesn’t have DT’s victim complex. Now, there are certainly some people 'round here on the right who do… Well, that’s pretty much a given. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/63 "2011-02-06T01:46:08Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Newsflash: “intensely irrational position” does not equal “position I disagree with”. Just thought I’d help you out with that. No shit. In your particular case, it tends to mean the exact opposite. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/64 "2011-02-06T02:10:59Z")
Bush was reported to have said "I do not think atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under god.’ Atheists are not paranoid. The army is getting all fundied up too. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/65 "2011-02-06T23:10:57Z")
Reported to have said that by who? gonzomax’s invisible friend? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/66 "2011-02-06T23:18:59Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Reported to have said that by who? gonzomax’s invisible friend? [http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/ghwbush.htm](http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/ghwbush.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/67 "2011-02-06T23:24:53Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/ghwbush.htm](http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/ghwbush.htm) Well, that’s certainly a reliable source. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/68 "2011-02-06T23:28:44Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Well, that’s certainly a reliable source. Notice it’s part of a transcript of the conversation, not a mis-quote or made up. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/69 "2011-02-06T23:31:13Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Well, that’s certainly a reliable source. Are you suggesting that the various quotations are made up? Is Bill Donohue a reliable source when he claims that priests who molest children are not pedophiles, but rather homosexual predators? ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/70 "2011-02-06T23:44:57Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Notice it’s part of a transcript of the conversation, not a mis-quote or made up. And who exactly has authenticated this “transcript”? ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/71 "2011-02-06T23:47:44Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Are you suggesting that the various quotations are made up? > > Is Bill Donohue a reliable source when he claims that priests who molest children are not pedophiles, but rather homosexual predators? Umm… no, I don’t consider Bill Donahue to be a reliable source. I’m Muslim not Catholic so why would I be a fan of Bill. Beyond that, do you have a morereliable source for that quote? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/72 "2011-02-07T03:34:02Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Notice it’s part of a transcript of the conversation, not a mis-quote or made up. Actually, it is the recollection of exactly one reporter that has never been corroborated by any other person who may have attended the purported news conference. Now, I have no reason to go about calling Robert Sherman a liar and the reported conversation is certainly consistent with the sort of stupidity that I expect to have heard from GWB. However, there is a rather glaring lack of corroboration regarding the actual conversation. I place the report in the category of unverified and, at this point, unverifiable. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/73 "2011-02-07T03:35:38Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > I’m Muslim not Catholic so why would I be a fan of Bill. I am Catholic and I find Bill Donohue to be scurrilous, untrustworthy, and generally lacking in sense. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/74 "2011-02-07T03:52:30Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Now, I have no reason to go about calling Robert Sherman a liar and the reported conversation is certainly consistent with the sort of stupidity that I expect to have heard from **GWB**. However, there is a rather glaring lack of corroboration regarding the actual conversation. Nitpick: GHWB. Still not inconsistent though. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/75 "2011-02-07T03:57:54Z")
I actually grew up in a Tea Party America. The term was not used back then of course, but the whole clueless Neanderthal population of my West Texas area sure fit the profile. While I was never arrested, tortured and/or executed, it definitely was not pleasant. But certainly not dangerous. Well, so long as you stayed out of certain bars anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/76 "2011-02-07T03:58:05Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Non-responsive. > > Don’t know. But as you know, my point is that he thinks marriage should be between a man and a woman. That’s a fact. So, is he also deranged, insane, uncritical thinker, etc.? Probably just a politician that is going to run for reelection. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/77 "2011-02-07T03:59:20Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Now, I have no reason to go about calling Robert Sherman a liar and the reported conversation is certainly consistent with the sort of stupidity that I expect to have heard from GWB. However, there is a rather glaring lack of corroboration regarding the actual conversation. just as a nitpick, and I’m not saying it was said or wasn’t said, but it’s attributed to GHWB, not GWB. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/78 "2011-02-07T04:42:37Z")
Huh. [[DEL]CHOPPED LIVER[/DEL] POTTED PLANT, REPORTING FOR DUTY, **SIR**!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13437889&postcount=74) ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/79 "2011-02-07T04:48:49Z")
Sorry. I didn’t see your post when I posted. It was one of those things where I had opened the thread, and then did something else, and then posted the reply. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212/80 "2011-02-07T06:05:02Z")
I like DT. He says what he believes. He stands up all earnest and stuff while knowing that everyone thinks he’s batshit crazy. I really don’t think he’s a troll and if he is, he’s a very bored one. Trolls don’t usually stay in a place like DT does. I don’t agree with DT’s opinions. I don’t think that I’d like DT irl. I do enjoy his brave posts. I also have a very good friend who is so mentally out there that when he climbs the clock tower, I’ll be the one who says “How could anyone not see that coming?”. blows kisses at DT. please keep posting here, its much safer than looking at anarchist sites. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-pit-der-trihs/570212.md?page=3)