# Let me elucidate something for you, elucidator... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 30, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695 "2003-08-30T22:36:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/1 "2003-08-30T22:36:29Z")
> [@](#): > > _[Originally posted](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3915944&highlight=board#post3915944) by elucidator_ > \*\*How did a board strongly committed to rational argument and debate get to be so biased to the left? Subversion? Necromancy? > > Conspiracy?\*\* > [@](#): > > _[Originally posted](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3862478&highlight=board#post3862478) by elucidator_ > \*\*Did you ever wonder why that is? Why a board devoted to rational inquiry and reasonable debate should develop what you regard as a left-ward tilt? > > Don’t you find that decidedly odd?\*\* Piffle. You’ve only used this lame line twice, and already I’m sick of it. The left does not have a monopoly on rational debate and inquiry. And, based on your posts on the matter, it’s quite clear to me that we also do not all possess the tools necessary to fight ignorance. Cut it out. ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/2 "2003-08-30T22:40:21Z")
Looks to me like the guy is frustrated with logic and common sense, I see a lot of that with the misguided souls who lean to the right. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/3 "2003-08-30T22:48:46Z")
You think **elucidator** leans to the right? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/4 "2003-08-30T22:55:05Z")
What makes right-wingers any more or less “misguided” than left-wingers? ---
**Author:** ![Read\_Neck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Read\_Neck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Read_Neck)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/5 "2003-08-30T22:55:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by county \* > \*\*Looks to me like the guy is frustrated with logic and common sense, I see a lot of that with the misguided souls who lean to the right. \*\* Has to be the most hilarious post in SDMB history. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/6 "2003-08-30T22:56:26Z")
Yeah, that bastard right-wing nutball. Get back to Free Republic before we throw you out! And take that damn Stiod chick with ya. Is wring still here cos she can go to ? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/7 "2003-08-30T22:58:17Z")
No worries **cheddarsnax**. [The God of Sarcastic Lefties is already on his way to smite **elucidator** with the Fire of a Thousand Suns !](http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/javagif/gifs_small/20030816_1319_eit_304.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/8 "2003-08-30T23:05:21Z")
> [@](#): > > You’ve only used this lame line twice, and already I’m sick of it. The left does not have a monopoly on rational debate and inquiry. You misunderstand his line of thought. The board is ostensibly used for rational inquiry and reasonable debate. Despite the current hot topics, I believe this to be true. Recent outcries have accused the board of being left-oriented, both in membership and moderation. Therefore, **elucidator** is implying that the right-wingers consider rational inquiry and reasonable debate to be trademarks of leftist thought. Given the current outcries, this is not a wholly implausible line of reasoning, if a bit too partisan for my tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/9 "2003-08-30T23:24:08Z")
Any time that you try to shoehorn your perception of anything that’s anything less than _absolutely_ simplistic into something that can be described in terms of a one-dimensional spacial metaphor, you’re pretty much _obligated_ to kick rational argument to the curb. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/10 "2003-08-30T23:24:38Z")
“Hi, Mom! Yes, its me. Look, I just had to call and tell you this. I’ve been Pitted! No, I’m not kidding, I’m looking at it right now! Well, no, not really, its kinda lame, truth be told…” You missed the telling point there, **Chedd**. Its contained in the words “what you regard”. By which I mean to say, I don’t believe that the board has a leftward tilt, particularly. Can’t say as I give it much thought. It was others who complained about a leftward bias, most specificly **Sam**. I then tweaked him about that, as you have quoted. In his efforts to avoid the question, he twisted it around and stuffed its head up its ass, to the effect that it was _my_ thesis that the board a) has a leftist tilt and that b) that was a result of the higher level of smarts displayed here. Which distortion your OP echoes. Ain’t so. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/11 "2003-08-30T23:28:03Z")
Certainly the lamest pitting i’ve seen in a while. And **county** , you might want to branch out a bit and read some of **elucidator** ’s threads before you accuse him of being a right winger. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Read\_Neck \* > \*\*Has to be the most hilarious post in SDMB history. \*\* I assume you must be excluding your own posts from the competition, because you manage to induce hysterical chuckling just about every time you contribute to a discussion. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/12 "2003-08-30T23:31:20Z")
Well, I _am_ on the conservative wing of the extreme left. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/13 "2003-08-30T23:32:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Squink \* > \*\*No worries **cheddarsnax**. [The God of Sarcastic Lefties is already on his way to smite **elucidator** with the Fire of a Thousand Suns !](http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/javagif/gifs_small/20030816_1319_eit_304.gif) \*\* Can I mention 1920’s-style death rays this time? It’s my turn, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/14 "2003-08-30T23:38:37Z")
But if you do, God will kill… oh, I suppose that’s another one that drives Polycarp nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/15 "2003-08-30T23:53:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mhendo \* > [_referring to_ **Read\_Neck**] > \*\*…[Y]ou manage to induce hysterical chuckling just about every time you contribute to a discussion. \*\* Apparently, this involves some definition of “contribute” with which I’m not familiar. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/16 "2003-08-31T00:35:20Z")
I’m guessing here…but If Mr Elucidator is right wing…that must make me middle of the road. That can’t be right. Can it? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/17 "2003-08-31T00:52:04Z")
Moderate **Reeder** , moderate. That way when you speak, you are a **moderator** , and get to wear a special hat. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/18 "2003-08-31T01:24:01Z")
\*\* Boris! \*\* Darling! I couldn’t be prouder! \ That’s my boy! ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/19 "2003-08-31T02:06:58Z")
Actually Elucidator’s probably used the old “Why then is this board dedicated to fighting ignorance composed mostly of lefties” six or seven times. Yeah he does it a lot, and it’s annoying but it’s better than last year when he kept telling us about this one time… when he has in band camp… ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695/20 "2003-08-31T02:35:24Z")
Hark! Be that the sound of a chain being yanked _again_ . . . [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-elucidate-something-for-you-elucidator/198695.md?page=2)