# Is the pit a place only to ridicule Trump and Conservatives - and not the other side?

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**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pit-a-place-only-to-ridicule-trump-and-conservatives-and-not-the-other-side/933485 "2021-02-22T17:33:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-pit-a-place-only-to-ridicule-trump-and-conservatives-and-not-the-other-side/933485/22 "2021-02-22T18:18:53Z")

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> [@FriendlyCurmudgeon](#):
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> Is that all it takes here is mass reporting of post ?

A high volume of flags can and often will result in a thread being closed by whatever moderators happen to be around. This is to prevent threads from getting too far out of control. These types of closings are also temporary, pending review from an actual moderator of the forum in question.

> [@FriendlyCurmudgeon](#):
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> unless I’m banned which seems to what the mob wants here.

What the mob wants is irrelevant. If you end up banned it’s because the moderators here have decided that you were violating the rules (trolling, in this particular case).

In any event, this is closed pending a staff discussion.

Also, this is a reminder that what someone did or did not say is not relevant in ATMB unless there is some relevance to the rules or the moderation. Do not attempt to re-hash thread issues in ATMB.

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