# King of the USA threads in "Great Debates"? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 12, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534 "2019-08-12T02:45:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/1 "2019-08-12T02:45:46Z")
Really? Come on, we can do better than this. If people wanna yank our chain in Mundane Pointless Stuff or IMHO forums, I’ve got no problem with that - we have yank cranker forums. But Great Debates is where, in theory, great minds should meet, and that’s just a total shit-ass thread and people here know that. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/2 "2019-08-12T02:56:06Z")
Meh. Which forum isn’t always important. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/3 "2019-08-12T02:59:12Z")
Meh, it was fun for a time, and a bit of an indulgence. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/4 "2019-08-12T03:36:50Z")
Here’s the link to the thread, which is now locked. [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=880221](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=880221) ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/5 "2019-08-12T03:47:27Z")
Thank you, Bone. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/6 "2019-08-12T18:47:24Z")
God forbid it isn’t all serious. More importantly, he posits his kingship of America, a position he expects might generate opinions in opposition to his opening statement. How this that not a GD thread? Just because the subject isn’t serious enough? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/7 "2019-08-12T18:50:05Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > God forbid it isn’t all serious. More importantly, he posits his kingship of America, a position he expects might generate opinions in opposition to his opening statement. How this that not a GD thread? Just because the subject isn’t serious enough? I reported it for the link to his petition, which is still there. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/8 "2019-08-12T20:41:15Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I reported it for the link to his petition, which is still there. Ok fair enough, that’s clearly not ok without mod approval. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/9 "2019-08-13T11:46:32Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > But Great Debates is where, in theory, great minds should meet 😕 I… I am… Bwaa-haaaa-ha-ha-ha-haaaa :coughs and spits: Haa-ha-ha Sorry, carry on. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/10 "2019-08-13T11:48:08Z")
Great Debates isn’t a joke forum? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/11 "2019-08-13T12:48:02Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > God forbid it isn’t all serious. More importantly, he posits his kingship of America, a position he expects might generate opinions in opposition to his opening statement. How this that not a GD thread? Just because the subject isn’t serious enough? Well, yeah. What you described are the requirements for IMHO. GD, aka Great Debates, is the forum for serious topics, “the great questions of our time,” along with “witnessing” and “religious debates.” That’s the difference between it and IMHO, which is far more casual. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/12 "2019-08-13T13:38:03Z")
Eh. I considered it witnessing. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/13 "2019-08-13T14:33:29Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Eh. I considered it witnessing. Witnessing for what exactly? The thread should have been moved at the first report. In the unlikely event he starts another like that, break out the instaban hammer. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/14 "2019-08-13T14:35:22Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Eh. I considered it witnessing. It was a publicity stunt. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/15 "2019-08-14T00:45:40Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It was a publicity stunt. For what? He made that [whitehouse.gov](http://whitehouse.gov) petition the same day that he posted here, but he never posted his screed anywhere else. The actual claim is incoherent and easily refuted even by CT standards. The numerology based off of the painting’s informational pamphlet was particularly migraine-inducing. The whole thing reads like somebody playing at being a conspiracy theorist and not doing a great job. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/16 "2019-08-14T00:55:50Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > For what? He made that [whitehouse.gov](http://whitehouse.gov) petition the same day that he posted here, but he never posted his screed anywhere else. The actual claim is incoherent and easily refuted even by CT standards. Owner: …It was a pun. Mr. Praline: (pause) A PUN?!? Owner: No, no…not a pun…What’s that thing that spells the same backwards as forwards? Mr. Praline: (Long pause) A palindrome…? ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/17 "2019-08-14T02:57:14Z")
[quote=“Exapno\_Mapcase, post:13, topic:838534”] Witnessing for what exactly? The thread should have been moved at the first report. In the unlikely event he starts another like that, break out the instaban hammer.[/QUOTE For Og’s sake, can we cool it with the requests for bans? ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/18 "2019-08-14T03:57:01Z")
I saw the link to [whitehouse.gov](http://whitehouse.gov). I thought it was more humorous than anything and thought, lighten up, Francis. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/19 "2019-08-14T04:18:55Z")
when I first reported it i said "its spam but we should keep it open for the lulz and we did for as long as they could … maybe should of moved it to imho or mpims tho but we gotta have fun with the fools sometimes … ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534/20 "2019-08-14T04:53:19Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > I thought it was more humorous than anything and thought, lighten up, Francis. Exactly. It was a fun thread, but there is no way it belonged in GD. I figured that it was only a matter of time before it was shut down. It was fun while it lasted and thanks to the mods for indulging us as long as they did. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-the-usa-threads-in-great-debates/838534.md?page=2)