# Is there a left/right bias in dealing with hyperbolic posters? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 26, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571 "2010-01-26T21:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/121 "2010-02-03T13:59:40Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Put up or shut up. > > This whole cloak of secrecy thing is BS. I belive the “wise man” he said he was paraphrasing was **tomndeb** : > [@"Proper" use of mod powers to steer a thread in GD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-use-of-mod-powers-to-steer-a-thread-in-gd/526144/74): > > I’m curious, BTW, why you picked only on **elucidator** instead of mentioning some or all of the other posters whose behavior is the same. > [@"Proper" use of mod powers to steer a thread in GD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-use-of-mod-powers-to-steer-a-thread-in-gd/526144/76): > > I’m curious who you think CircleofWillis conspicuously left unmentioned. elucidator is certainly the king of content free partisan one liners around here, imho. > [@"Proper" use of mod powers to steer a thread in GD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-use-of-mod-powers-to-steer-a-thread-in-gd/526144/78): > > You are welcome to your humble opinion, but I am not going to start throwing out names just to let everyone wrangle over whether they are ort are not included in my list. You will notice that I declined to name **Der Trihs** or his primary critic or the other poster who garnered speical consideration a couple of years back. I have subsequently referred to **Der Trihs** by name only because he was already the named subject of several posts. So his whole “cloak of secrecy” is certainly mod approved so I don’t see why he should acquiesce to your demand to name names. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/122 "2010-02-03T14:34:58Z")
**CircleofWillis** said: > [@](#): > > Trust me on this one, it’s not about Der Trihs for me. Der Trihs is just currently one of the smelliest farts at the after hours 2 dollar taco buffet that is the SDMB these days. It’s about **all** the lame, smarmy-ass games to pile-on posters we don’t like. **crowmanyclouds** said: > [@](#): > > Planing on sharing that list with the rest of the class? To follow the analogy, if you can’t smell them for yourself, what does it matter? Either you have your own list in mind, or else you don’t, but either way, the only thing **CircleofWillis** could do by listing them is highlight who he dislikes and perhaps seek out a warning for himself. His point was not to list all the troublemakers, or loudmouths, or whatever - his point was the last sentence about the games and piling on posters “we” don’t like. **tacoloco** said: > [@](#): > > Put up or shut up. > > This whole cloak of secrecy thing is BS. Why are you so interested in who **CircleofWillis** dislikes? Don’t you have your own list? As far as the _original_ topic, I thought I threw out an observation (back in post 49) about perception of bias caused by an imbalance in moderator action that is the result of headcounts and moderators responding to train wrecks (and potential train wrecks) rather than an intentional bias toward one side. That post was right before the hijack spun up to full speed, so I can understand it getting lost in the shuffle, but I still think it worth attention. Anyone have any comments? ---
**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 3, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/123 "2010-02-03T14:44:26Z")
[QUOTE=OP] Many feel that Der Trihs et al are given much more latitude to engage in jerkish behavior because fundamentally the views they espouse are popular, and if the same views were displayed from the radical right they’d be summarily banned. Is this true? Can you cite examples from both right and left? [/QUOTE] I think it is perfectly fair and totally on-topic to ask if there is someone on the right who got banned for posting the way **Der Trihs** does. The accusation is repeated over and over and over again that he gets away with stuff that others get banned for. _Which_ others? ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/124 "2010-02-03T15:11:21Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Why are you so interested in who **CircleofWillis** dislikes? Don’t you have your own list? Because it’s utter bullshit to make a statement like that and not back it up. If people are so upset about some posters, let’s hear who they are. Otherwise people should STFU about it already. The only person really being called out in the couple of threads on this sort of topic is Der Trihs. ---
**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 3, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/125 "2010-02-03T15:18:28Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Because it’s utter bullshit to make a statement like that and not back it up. If people are so upset about some posters, let’s hear who they are. Otherwise people should STFU about it already. > > The only person really being called out in the couple of threads on this sort of topic is Der Trihs. But( **Der Trihs** )we’re not here( **Der Trihs** )to name names( **Der Trihs** ). Let’s not( **Der Trihs** )talk about any( **Der Trihs** )specific posters, o.k.( **Der Trihs** )? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/126 "2010-02-03T15:46:33Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > … his point was the last sentence about the games and piling on posters “we” don’t like. … Ya mean like turning a thread that’s claiming to ask a serious question about ideological bias in the board’s moderation, into a pile-on of **Der Trihs** , a poster “we”\* clearly don’t like? If your\* only willing to name one poster and not list posters from both “sides” who engage in similar behavior and don’t get the same response from the mods, then just who is playing games here\*\*? \*Not singling out **CircleofWillis** here, but calling out those who claim that the answer to the OP is yes and B]Der Trihs\*\*s still being here is the only proof needed. \*\*I’ll restate my first question in this thread “Don’t we first need to find a right-wing poster who was banned for doing what **Der Trihs** is accused of and for _no other_ reason(s)?”. And I think that’s why no one has listed posters for us to compare, there is no [goateed](http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Spock_%28mirror%29) **Der Trihs** here. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/127 "2010-02-03T15:48:46Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > \*Not singling out **CircleofWillis** here, but calling out those who claim that the answer to the OP is yes and B]Der Trihs\*\*s still being here is the only proof needed. Magellan and CircleofWillis both need to do their homework and come back with some examples. Except Magellan has already said he’s not going to. But, it’s ok, we should just believe him. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/128 "2010-02-03T16:06:54Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Yeah, I know this is gonna sound contradictory but hear me out: I’d like a bit less moderation–I hate (really, REALLY hate) closing zombie threads and even worse, closing threads that are too “pointless”–let the marketplace handle those. (I realize I’m in the minority with this opinion, so this is what I’d _like_, not what I expect you to do). Threadshitting, trolling (or whatever you want to call what Der Trihs does–same thing Kirkland did, if you remember him)…there’s where I’d like to see more intervention and less warnings/more bannings. Really, this isn’t the “Let’s housebreak you and teach you to be socialized” messageboard. A few comments on this: I have a detected a noticeable increase of tolerance on the part of the Moderators since the big brouhaha earlier in 2009 (I think) that led to much disgruntlement (including a lot from me) and the creation of several new splinter-boards. Ever since then I have seen a lot of “don’t do such-and-such in this forum again. **No warning issued** ” from the mods and I really appreciate their pulling back from the hair-trigger warning/ban. Thank you, mods, your discretion has made for a better Board. I absolutely agree with you about the closing of threads that some mod feels is “too pointless”. Considering we’re talking about “pointlessness” here, the mods are too quick to decide subjectively what construes “too pointless to live”. I disagree with you that **Der Trihs** trolls. I have never read a post where I thought he was trolling. The same goes for him “threadshitting”. I just don’t see it. I’ve commented before that if **Der Trihs** is guilty of anything it’s being like the kid who shouted out that the Emperor has no clothes. That kid was quickly shushed, and I think a lot of folks would like to see **Trihs** shushed too. Permanently. **Trihs** may often exaggerate the Emperor’s nakedness, and do so repeatedly; and I can see how this would get really annoying to those who labor under the impression that the Emperor is fully decked out in some fine new threads. But the fact remains, he is quite naked. No reason for any warnings or banning there. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/129 "2010-02-03T17:16:25Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > **Euthanasiast** started a thread some time back linking to a video of a Planned Parenthood nurse, acting in her official capacity as an agent of the organization, advising a person who she believed to be 13, to lie so as to allow the nurse to avoid her duty to report statutory sexual abuse cases. The title of the thread was [“Planned Parenthood hides rape of 13 year old girl”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=496205&highlight=parenthood). The thread was locked and **Euthanasiast** was warned for trolling, because the title was so misleading. As an example of how it might be perceived that threads get treated differently, we have [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=550569). Is the title misleading? Well, Sarah Palin did not say what the thread title quotes her as saying. Yet the thread has not been locked, nor the OP warned for trolling. If the rule is “no misleading titles in the Pit”, this is hard to explain. If there is a different standard for hyperbolic posters on the left/right, however… Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/130 "2010-02-03T17:21:39Z")
To use that tired old refrain, has anybody reported the thread? I’ve posted in that thread, but I almost never moderate the Pit and that’s definitely a call I’d leave to **Gfactor** and **Miller**. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/131 "2010-02-03T17:22:42Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > As an example of how it might be perceived that threads get treated differently, we have [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=550569). Is the title misleading? Well, Sarah Palin did not say what the thread title quotes her as saying. Yet the thread has not been locked, nor the OP warned for trolling. If the rule is “no misleading titles in the Pit”, this is hard to explain. If there is a different standard for hyperbolic posters on the left/right, however… > > Regards, > Shodan It’s a pit thread, who cares? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/132 "2010-02-03T17:43:39Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I think it is perfectly fair and totally on-topic to ask if there is someone on the right who got banned for posting the way **Der Trihs** does. The accusation is repeated over and over and over again that he gets away with stuff that others get banned for. > _Which_ others? That does seems a fair question but tacoloco seems to be demanding a list of other posters CircleofWillis doesn’t like. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/133 "2010-02-03T18:20:04Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > That does seems a fair question but tacoloco seems to be demanding a list of other posters CircleofWillis doesn’t like. Not at all. I’d like the people who complain that people with a right bias are treated unfairly to pony up with some examples. I’ve been asking this question for a while now. I don’t care who anyone likes or dislikes. I want to see some actual evidence of a right vs. left bias in moderation. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/134 "2010-02-03T19:54:44Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > It’s a pit thread, who cares? So was **Euthanasiast** ’s thread. > [@Marley23](#): > > ``` > To use that tired old refrain, has anybody reported the thread? I've posted in that thread, but I almost never moderate the Pit and that's definitely a call I'd leave to Gfactor and Miller. > > ``` As you say, you posted to the thread, so at least one mod is aware of the thread. **Lynn Bodoni** was the one who locked the Planned Parenthood thread and warned **Euthanasiast** for trolling, so it does not appear to be the case that the rule against misleading thread titles (assuming there is one) can only be applied by the Pit mods. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [February 3, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/135 "2010-02-03T20:56:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Do you think of him more as a “Moriarty”, or an “Anti-Christ”? Well, given that I am apparently the Secret Master of the SDMB mods and the cause of all that’s wrong with the boards ( mwahahah! ) while posing as merely another poster, I’d say “Moriarty”. \*\* temples his fingers in villainous fashion \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/136 "2010-02-03T23:21:25Z")
**Czarcasm** said: > [@](#): > > I think it is perfectly fair and totally on-topic to ask if there is someone on the right who got banned for posting the way **Der Trihs** does. The accusation is repeated over and over and over again that he gets away with stuff that others get banned for. > _Which_ others? I can agree that is fair. That wasn’t how I read _tacoloco_’s comment, but if that is what he meant, then okay. **crowmanyclouds** said: > [@](#): > > Ya mean like turning a thread that’s claiming to ask a serious question about ideological bias in the board’s moderation, into a pile-on of **Der Trihs** , a poster “we”\* clearly don’t like? Something like that. **I Love Me, Vol. I** said: > [@](#): > > **Trihs** may often exaggerate the Emperor’s nakedness, and do so repeatedly; and I can see how this would get really annoying to those who labor under the impression that the Emperor is fully decked out in some fine new threads. But the fact remains, he is quite naked. No reason for any warnings or banning there. I get there’s a difference between saying “The Emperor’s got no clothes on” and “The stupid fucking Emperor has no fucking stupid clothes on.” One is pointing out a fact, the other is [del]inciting a riot[/del] trying to inflame. **Shodan** said: > [@](#): > > **Lynn Bodoni** was the one who locked the Planned Parenthood thread and warned **Euthanasiast** for trolling, so it does not appear to be the case that the rule against misleading thread titles (assuming there is one) can only be applied by the Pit mods. I don’t believe he said that. I believe he said he _prefers_ to let the Pit mods handle it. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/137 "2010-02-04T06:17:56Z")
The thread about the incident at Planned Parenthood really seems to remain a bone of contention. I can barely remember the issue involved or why it was closed. Maybe the thread could be reexamined to see what went wrong and why Lynn closed it. And maybe _another_ thread could reintroduce the topic (with certain guidelines in place) so that the subject could have a good airing out. I say this knowing that **Shodan** is probably on one side of the issue and I will probably be on the other. Feedback? ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/138 "2010-02-04T14:27:05Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > The thread about the incident at Planned Parenthood really seems to remain a bone of contention. I can barely remember the issue involved or why it was closed. > > Maybe the thread could be reexamined to see what went wrong and why Lynn closed it. And maybe _another_ thread could reintroduce the topic (with certain guidelines in place) so that the subject could have a good airing out. > > I say this knowing that **Shodan** is probably on one side of the issue and I will probably be on the other. > > Feedback? It was closed because of a thread title that was either technically accurate but misleading, or blatant trolling, depending on your POV. The title was “Planned parenthood hides rape of 13 year-old girl” and the actuality was that A) it was a planned parenthood nurse not wanting to know any details of an apparent statutory rape (girl started to say the man she’d had sex with was 31) and B) it was a sting (the girl was 20) So the thread title is at least potentially misleading depending on your viewpoint and specifics not covered. Anyway, the perception of some is that Lynn had the OP of that thread suspended due to her support for Planned Parenthood (i.e., due to partisan bias) rather than for the OP’s behavior. In other words, it wasn’t so much about the thread’s content as it was about Lynn’s reaction to the title and Euthanasiast’s suspension. > **[Planned parenthood hides rape of 13 year-old girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=496205)** > > Here is the YouTube video. Regardless of your stance on children being able to get an abortion without notification to parents, I think it goes without saying that this is way fucking wrong. I know this nurse was looking to protect the child from a... ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/139 "2010-02-04T16:58:20Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > It was closed because of a thread title that was either technically accurate but misleading, or blatant trolling, depending on your POV. … It was closed because **Euthanasiast** was suspended (which is the usual thing that happens when a thread directly leads to a suspension, since such threads generate much heat and at that point the OP isn’t able to respond anymore). The accusation (by many posters at the time in the ATMB thread) was that misleading thread titles is trolling was a rule created out of thin air by **Lynn** for this reason, > [@Zeriel](#): > > … the perception of some is that Lynn had the OP of that thread suspended due to her support for Planned Parenthood (i.e., due to partisan bias) rather than for the OP’s behavior. … and no one could remember any other misleading thread title that was called into question before or since. > [@Zeriel](#): > > … In other words, it wasn’t so much about the thread’s content as it was about Lynn’s reaction to the title … It did seem that way at first, but it became pretty clear (IMHO) when the new rules were announced for the Pit and ATMB that it was this, > [@Planned parenthood hides rape of 13 year-old girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planned-parenthood-hides-rape-of-13-year-old-girl/475930/62): > > How about go fuck yourself, Lynn? … that caused this, > [@Planned parenthood hides rape of 13 year-old girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planned-parenthood-hides-rape-of-13-year-old-girl/475930/67): > > [mod note]… Poster suspended as per Ed.[/mod] Now, since we have absolutely no way of knowing what was said between **Lynn** and **Ed** it is possible it was any combination of both things that led to **Euthanasiast** ’s suspension, we’ll never know for sure. One thing is certain, **Euthanasiast** behavior in that thread gave TPTB plenty of excuses\* for their actions. That so muddied the waters that it’s impossible for anybody to claim that it was “this” and not “that” that the was the ultimate reason for the suspension. I don’t think there should be a rule about misleading thread titles, it’s much more fun to rip the OP to shreds with what’s usually a clearly self contradictory OP cite. BTW re **Sarah Palin: “Rahm Emannuel called my retard baby a nigger!”** once you read the OP it’s clearly hyperbole and the thread title is only really misleading if you **actually think** those words could have come out of Palin’s mouth, well, fingers. The big problem with comparing the two is this when called on it **Euthanasiast** admitted the title was misleading should be changed but AFAICT never asked for it to be corrected, and no, this post doesn’t count, > [@Planned parenthood hides rape of 13 year-old girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planned-parenthood-hides-rape-of-13-year-old-girl/475930/62): > > How about go fuck yourself, Lynn? I admitted that I made a mistake in that I merely copied and pasted the text from the title of the YouTube (changing ‘hiding’ to ‘hides’ and removing the extra hyphen in the process) video in my own title without really giving it much thought, but I don’t troll, and I think my history on this board reflects this. > > If you want to change it, change it, but the thread title was not meant to inflame. I was focusing on the meat of the post, and truthfully, I didn’t give the title enough attention to notice how it was worded. I take full responsibility for that, but you don’t have a fucking clue what my intentions were. kindly get the fuck over yourself. CMC fnord! \*I don’t remember when **Giraffe** stepped down but if in was after 12-08-2008 then we (:eek: :D) can add [that](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10543653#post10543653) to it too. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571/140 "2010-02-05T06:09:00Z")
Ouch! That was a hot one. I’d forgotten how much so. Don’t think I’m brave enough to have a go at it myself as an OP… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-left-right-bias-in-dealing-with-hyperbolic-posters/526571.md?page=8)