# I want racism front and center **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 25, 2007, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361 "2007-06-25T17:59:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/41 "2007-06-25T22:26:22Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] If so, how does that jibe with your OP? [/QUOTE] Consistency is my guess. Why did you bring the hammer down on ol’ Bloo but not DT, and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/42 "2007-06-25T23:11:53Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] As an example, almost everything Der Trihs writes is intended to shock and inflame, especially toward people of faith. [/QUOTE] Only in your persecution fantasies. Simply click on my name and check my posts, and you’ll see quite a lot that have nothing to do with religion or offending “people of faith”. The mods are not favoring me, nor are they in my pay or that of the Great Atheist Conspiracy. And for the record, I’m not writing things “intended to shock and inflame, especially toward people of faith”; I’m simply honest about my opinions, and blunt. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/43 "2007-06-25T23:31:35Z")
Was the **Neil DiamondGuy** \* that was–was he the one who was so odd about sex? He started a thread that seemed to be interesting, and then it got weird very quickly. I’ve been ill, so a lot of these threads have just run together in my head… Not that anyone cares, but IMO he should be suspended for using that kind of language. I wonder if he would appreciate the irony of the phrase “let’s call a spade a spade”? Nah, probably not. \*whenever I saw his moniker, I always thought of that horrid Neil Diamond song. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/44 "2007-06-25T23:50:50Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] Do you feel that **Der Trihs** should be censured by the mods for his posts? If so, how does that jibe with your OP? [/QUOTE] No, absolutely not. I was just saying that I saw no qualitative difference between them. Der Trihs tells us all the time how stupid we are. How worthless. And how dangerous, even. And that’s in Great Debates! 😃 But I think you’ve explained it by saying that GuyNBlueJeans starts whole threads about it and does so exclusively. I haven’t checked his history, but I’ll take your word. I don’t think you’d lie about it. And I will concede that Der Trihs doesn’t doesn’t do it as colorfully as GuyNBlueJeans, and possibly not as often on average. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/45 "2007-06-25T23:55:41Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] And for the record, I’m not writing things “intended to shock and inflame, especially toward people of faith”; I’m simply honest about my opinions, and blunt. [/QUOTE] I’m sure that’s how GuyNBlueJeans would spin himself as well. But I think you’re both disingenuous. You simply must know — because you’re not an idiot — that the way you characterize people of faith is insulting, offensive, and sometimes downright hateful. If we’re all those horrible things in your opinion, fine. Stand by it. I want what you say to be out in the open so everybody can see it. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/46 "2007-06-26T00:19:46Z")
[QUOTE=elucidator] Hey, wait a minute! What the…? Early onset Budweiser’s? **Terrifel** changed his post before I answered it, and now I look stupid! No fair! No fair! [/QUOTE] That’s why you always quote the person you’re responding to. That way, they can’t take back their quote – unless they pay you. And I don’t get as much of a headache trying to figure out who you’re talking too. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/47 "2007-06-26T00:27:48Z")
You have a sneaky and treacherous mind, **5-4**. I like that. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/48 "2007-06-26T01:12:35Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] And for the record, I’m not writing things “intended to shock and inflame, especially toward people of faith”; I’m simply honest about my opinions, and blunt. [/QUOTE] You go beyond blunt and over into “raging dick” territory, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/49 "2007-06-26T01:27:00Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] That’s why you always quote the person you’re responding to. That way, they can’t take back their quote – unless they pay you. And I don’t get as much of a headache trying to figure out who you’re talking too. [/QUOTE] Elves, man! I thought we’d established that. Once again, I sincerely apologize for the confusion I have sown. I abase myself, and flagellate repeatedly in shame. The Edit feature is a seductive, beckoning temptress, and I deplore my weakness. I am to blame; I am Robert Culp. Everything I touch, I destroy. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/50 "2007-06-26T01:36:59Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] I am to blame; I am Robert Culp. Everything I touch, I destroy. [/QUOTE] I have become Shiva; the destroyer of **elucidator** ’s jokes. Not that it takes Shiva, the Tooth Fairy is probably adequate. Someone remind me to edit this one while **elucidator** is rising in righteous indignation, OK? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/51 "2007-06-26T01:40:15Z")
What? What are you guys looking at? What’s so damn funny? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/52 "2007-06-26T01:46:52Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] Elves, man! I thought we’d established that. [/QUOTE] You can quote elves, you know. You just have to listen \*real \* careful-like, and type it out in Elvish. [QUOTE=Terrifel] . . . I abase myself, and flagellate repeatedly in shame. The Edit feature is a seductive, beckoning temptress, and I deplore my weakness . . . [/QUOTE] Don’t worry, my friend. It is upon the wanton, craven lure called Edit that I’ve completely and utterly debauched myself of late. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/53 "2007-06-26T01:49:04Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] It **it** upon the wanton, craven lure called edit that I’ve completely and utterly debauched myself of late. [/QUOTE] But not “is”? How… odd. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/54 "2007-06-26T01:50:03Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] You can quote elves, you know. You just have to listen \*real \* careful-like, and type it out in Elvish. Don’t worry, my friend. It is upon the wanton, craven lure called Edit that I’ve completely and utterly debauched myself of late. [/QUOTE] Huh. You lost your title when you edited, dude. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/55 "2007-06-26T01:50:09Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] But not “is”? How… odd. [/QUOTE] It _is_? Look up! Oh, and what title? Me and Edit will be in my room. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/56 "2007-06-26T01:51:49Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] My and Edit will be in my room. [/QUOTE] TMI! TMI! You could at least warn us. ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/57 "2007-06-26T04:29:51Z")
I think the punctuation offenses were enough. Thankfully, it alone prevented me from reading too many of his posts, no matter what he may have had to say. Which, from what I could tell, wasn’t much that was very interesting. I guess I’m missing out on **DT** ’s posts. Then again, I’m pretty tolerant of militant atheists. If you really want to get me riled up, cuss sweet tea. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/58 "2007-06-26T04:37:19Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] …He didn’t want to debate his ideas, he wanted to scream them with increasing volume and vitriol. That speaks of someone whose purpose is not to engage in discussion, but to draw attention. We don’t need that. [/QUOTE] I understand and agree with this. What I don’t understand is why he was not banned outright. There has surely been ample evidence of his trollery. Though it’s certainly possible he is mentally ill. Could banning him bring you afoul of the ADA? ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/59 "2007-06-26T04:40:27Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Though it’s certainly possible he is mentally ill. Could banning him bring you afoul of the ADA? [/QUOTE] If they ban everyone that is mentally ill, this would be a lonely place. Even my pets are nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361/60 "2007-06-26T04:42:12Z")
[QUOTE=Auntbeast] If they ban everyone that is mentally ill, this would be a lonely place. Even my pets are nuts. [/QUOTE] That’s why I’ve never gone to a shrink. The last thing I need is a written opinion attached to my RW name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-racism-front-and-center/409361.md?page=4)