# In Anticipation of The Broken Column's Meltdown Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 11, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784 "2004-03-11T22:41:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/1 "2004-03-11T22:41:56Z")
If you seen his self-important [handiwork](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=244241), you know why this thread is here. I just recognize that it is merely a matter of time until a **TBC** Pit thread spontaneously appears. In this thread **TBC** will say that people are against him because they’re intimidated and jealous of his research skills and because he’s conservative. I’ve not the energy nor the inclination to explain to him how and why he’s not even wrong on multiple counts. I’ve limited myself to one such mercy case and he resides on another board. I wonder what **Ilsa** ’s doing. He offers a backhanded slam that is at once perverse and horrid to all resident Conservatives Dopers with this gem, [“It’s not every day a liberal message boards is presented with such a good researcher for the Conservative side.”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4630459&postcount=38) It’s quite a slap, (one of the main things I’ve chosen to be offended by), given that **TBC** has _thus far_ not exhibited either research or debate skills of any note. I feel embarassed for him. To call his poorly begotten efforts an example of “such a good researcher for the Conservative side,” is to declare that the works of just about every last Conservative Doper there has ever been are worth less than shit stained sheets. And so, it is resolved and be it known that I, SimonX, as a Conservative Doper break much fragrant wind in the general direction of **The Broken Column**. His efforts here, _so far_, are not worthy of either the effort not the odor, but I administer them both in a spirit of grace. I hope that I am wrong about our new found friend. Time will tell. Until then, bless his heart. Sincerely, Simon X ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/2 "2004-03-11T23:05:26Z")
> [@](#): > > In this thread TBC will say that people are against him because they’re intimidated and jealous of his research skills and because he’s conservative. Yes, well, just to be clear I wish to state for the record that I’m against **TBC** because he’s a fucking idiot. Actually, he has given me some good laughs, though. Like when he said that Bush had never gone back on anything he had “inacted”. Worthy of the The Man himself, that one. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/3 "2004-03-11T23:09:08Z")
We need his comic relief desperately. Let us not run him off. ---
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/4 "2004-03-11T23:13:40Z")
Oh, but it gets SO much better… he posted a great little gem in [url=http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=243405]this thread…which wasn’t even _about_ gay marriage. > [@](#): > > And the proposed Amendment? Well, would you rather have States fighting eachother? > > Because I can tell you right here, if California or rather…Oregon or such, legalized Gay Marriages, Nevada (Which made it Unconstitutional for Gays to Marry, and I’m a proud voter for that), will fight to the death to not recognize it. > > Any Vermont or Massachussettes or where ever Gay Marriage would be legalized, any one from such a state coming here who would like to be recognized can forget it. > > And I and 1 million other Nevadans are stock full of Guns and our Guard is stock full or M1A2 Tanks (and our Tankers are OPFOR qualified and own the Regulars every year at NTC…don’t think you’d have an easy fight just because we’re small. Our Unit the 221st Squadron has repeatedly owned superior forces using nothing but outdated Soviet Tactics.) and we’re ready to kick your ass if you say otherwise. > > Now is that what you want for this nation? > > I think the Amendment will save a lot of blood in the long run. Yes, ladies and gents, that’s right. In **The\_Broken\_Column** ’s twisted, fucked-up bigoted little world, apparently blood running in the streets from civil war is a better position to take, than allowing two consenting adults of the same sex to officially commit their lives together. How about it Nevadians? **TBC** has offered your services to start the revolution! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Cerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerri)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/5 "2004-03-11T23:14:48Z")
_sigh_ sorry for bad coding, here’s the link to the thread again. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=243405](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=243405) ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/6 "2004-03-12T00:24:09Z")
Whenever I read a **T\_B\_C** self-trumpeting post, I think of this little gem of an article: [Unskilled and Unaware of It](http://www.apa.org/journals/psp/psp7761121.html). Seems the less adept one is at an intellectual or social pursuit (say, just for example… on-line debating or persuasive writing), the less able one is to evaluate one’s own performance accurately. There is hope, however. By heeding pointed criticisms and gradually increasing his knowledge and skills in his various areas of weakness (logical reasoning, political science, tact & diplomacy, basic adult conversational skills, etc.), **T\_B\_C** could attain at some point a reasonable idea of just how damn silly he is. Let us wish him well in that endeavor. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/7 "2004-03-12T00:41:13Z")
I hardly ever go to GD. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/8 "2004-03-12T00:44:21Z")
And yet **TBC** has done what no other Conservative has been able to do. He has taught me that there are, by contrast, rational Conservative arguments. It is good to be reminded that most Conservatives are reserved – not feverishly desiring an excuse to kill in the name of the Lo-rrr-ddd. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/9 "2004-03-12T00:44:24Z")
Not to mention, he’s just not worth it. After **fushj00mang, Kurdt Kobain, paulberserker, Never Have I Because I, county and Sonic1992** , I’m just spent. No more pit threads full of my sharp wit and biting satire are to be wasted on these numbnuts. It’s so hard to be me. (Note, just kidding. Though I’m not tangling with these idiots anymore.) ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/10 "2004-03-12T00:47:20Z")
> [@](#): > > **Ilsa** : No more pit threads full of my sharp wit and biting satire… Cite. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/11 "2004-03-12T00:52:47Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > Cite. Miss this part? > [@The Handsome and Intelligent Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > (Note, just kidding.) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/12 "2004-03-12T00:59:47Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > It’s so hard to be me. Can’t be that difficult, if you can manage to do it 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/13 "2004-03-12T01:15:25Z")
As **Official T\_B\_C Hater #1** , I demand the right to post in this thread. \ Oh, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![finette6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@finette6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finette6)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/14 "2004-03-12T01:28:07Z")
Wow, thanks for the link, **Xenophon**. Really interesting article, and apt! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/15 "2004-03-12T01:28:13Z")
Shut the fuck up, **Ilsa.** We’re pitting **TBC** here. Not every thread has to be about you. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/16 "2004-03-12T01:30:46Z")
**TBC** ’s capitalization bit is eerily reminiscent of another doper… ---
**Author:** ![finette6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@finette6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finette6)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/17 "2004-03-12T01:31:11Z")
> [@finette6](#): > > Wow, thanks for the link, **Xenophon**. Really interesting article, and apt! oops, that should have been Wow, thanks for the _fucking_ link, **Xenophon**. Really interesting and _fucking_ apt. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/18 "2004-03-12T01:31:16Z")
> [@Cerri](#): > > How about it Nevadians? **TBC** has offered your services to start the revolution! :rolleyes: Hey, great. I’ve just been itchin’ to get at those damn California hippies. Sounds like we have a leader truly worthy of our great state! :rolleyes: But hey, every time he votes, I vote for the other candidate (or against the Constitutional Amendment). ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/19 "2004-03-12T01:46:05Z")
> [@finette6](#): > > oops, that should have been > > Wow, thanks for the _fucking_ link, **Xenophon**. Really interesting and _fucking_ apt. My fucking pleasure. Enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784/20 "2004-03-12T01:59:38Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Shut the fuck up, **Ilsa.** We’re pitting **TBC** here. Not every thread has to be about you. You’re just jealous. Besides, he did ask. 😃 **TBC** sucks! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-anticipation-of-the-broken-columns-meltdown-thread/233784.md?page=2)