# Jonathon Chance please apply the rules evenly **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 5, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathon-chance-please-apply-the-rules-evenly/773975 "2016-12-05T23:53:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 103
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathon-chance-please-apply-the-rules-evenly/773975/103 "2016-12-09T21:11:29Z")
Here’s an example (link in quote): > [@Trump's Cabinet of Curiosities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-cabinet-of-curiosities/771367/389): > > This is a foolish and reductionist view of politics. The views of the minority party are not and never have been irrelevant, and governing as though they are is a peril to democracy. Trump’s cabinet picks are not within the normal parameters of wrong: they’re a clear attempt to subvert decades of legal structures. It’s as if the mayor of my town appointed a noted gang leader as the new chief of police. Setting aside whether you agree or disagree with my argument, I call the post I respond to “foolish”–I edited it from “idiotic” to “stupid” and then down to “foolish,” because I really am trying to keep my snark in check somewhat. I think this is well within board rules. It sounds like Bone is saying that whether I offer reasons for calling the post “foolish” is irrelevant for rule-breaking purposes; is this right? I think, further, that posts may stay within board rules but still be obnoxious. If I just said, “What a foolish post,” that might not break board rules, but it’d add nothing to the conversation. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathon-chance-please-apply-the-rules-evenly/773975)._