# Letter To The Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 14, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286 "2017-07-14T22:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/21 "2017-07-14T23:37:29Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > Why must you torture our legume friend? You know she’s going to come up on you w/ a knife one of these days and none of us will move to stop her. Honestly, I didn’t even know about the issue until just yesterday reading about it in the Omnibus thread. “Mistaken identity” has been a literary theme for, like, ever! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/22 "2017-07-14T23:45:33Z")
Kinda prolix for a flounce, but best of luck on your quest for greener grass. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/23 "2017-07-14T23:45:41Z")
Politics are divisive. Last time I checked, there were a couple of hundred active threads that did not involve politics. There are maybe about a dozen or so highly partisan threads active at any given time, but that’s a small percentage of the total. And the moderators are good about quashing political hijacks. Now I totally get that defending minority opinions may not be part of your ideal message board experience. I actually agree with that POV. That’s why I generally don’t post opinions that I know will be unpopular. I don’t enjoy the fight and I don’t have time. So I don’t post in those threads, and I don’t read threads that I think might agitate me. So if you don’t like a TV show,you can change the channel instead of throwing away your TV. Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/24 "2017-07-14T23:53:01Z")
I agree, but it’s not just this board, it’s people in general. The world of politics has officially entered the Thunderdome: “Two parties enter; one party leaves” That said, you have some serious blind spots when it comes to women **String bean** , It’s a shame this board wasn’t able to make you grow in that regard. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/25 "2017-07-14T23:53:52Z")
Since we’re in the Pit: Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. Or do. I don’t give a shit either way. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/26 "2017-07-15T00:02:40Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I agree, but it’s not just this board, it’s people in general. > > The world of politics has officially entered the Thunderdome: “Two parties enter; one party leaves” > > That said, you have some serious blind spots when it comes to women **String bean** , It’s a shame this board wasn’t able to make you grow in that regard. Conservative or not, there’s just no place for his misogyny. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/27 "2017-07-15T00:04:28Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > IDon’t respond to their posts. That’s what I do. There’s a handful of posters I simply won’t respond to. Why bother? It is a waste of my time and perfectly innocent electrons. I will only put somebody on ignore (two people at the moment) if they’re too frustrating to even read or communicate with. Or if they post things that are just too hard not to answer even though it would be a waste of time and electrons. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/28 "2017-07-15T00:07:31Z")
Reply to the dope: You must struggle with coping issues if this particular board bothered you so much. You are not a balanced, well-functioning adult in real life. You impose your petty offenses on those around you and can only hold meaningful relationships with people who conform to your Catholic sensibilities. Or [something like that](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20331329&postcount=144). ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/29 "2017-07-15T00:10:40Z")
And you are…who? You sure aren’t **Green Bean**. I knew **Green Bean**. And you ain’t no **Green Bean**. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/30 "2017-07-15T00:17:51Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > …I have decided to end my time here with the Straight Dope. I may loiter now and then… Quoted for …uhm, something. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/31 "2017-07-15T00:20:41Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Reply to the dope: You must struggle with coping issues if this particular board bothered you so much. You are not a balanced, well-functioning adult in real life. You impose your petty offenses on those around you and can only hold meaningful relationships with people who conform to your Catholic sensibilities. > > Or [something like that](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20331329&postcount=144). Holy shit is that thread a trainwreck of who can be offended more and who has the right to speak. Glad I wasn’t part of it, but again, holy shit, all too many people in there were very happy to play their cards and I’d like to smack the lot of you and tell you all to knock it off and talk to each other like actual functioning adults. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/32 "2017-07-15T00:29:30Z")
Sorry. You don’t get to be an asshole who attacks everyone and whine when you are treated badly in return. You were the political asshole. You are right that this place has changed, though. Before everyone would be telling a whiny post like yours “good riddance.” Can’t say I find that change to be a bad one. You’ve been an asshole for years. It’s good that you’re finally noticing what we’ve been telling you. So just stop being an asshole, rather than running away. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/33 "2017-07-15T00:36:58Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Holy shit is that thread a trainwreck of who can be offended more and who has the right to speak. Glad I wasn’t part of it, but again, holy shit, all too many people in there were very happy to play their cards and I’d like to smack the lot of you and tell you all to knock it off and talk to each other like actual functioning adults. We were. Telling sexists to stop being sexist is being an adult. The only children in that thread were the people continuing to make excuses instead of growing the fuck up. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/34 "2017-07-15T00:38:34Z")
What I saw was a bunch of people overreacting to the slightest thing and jumping about trying to be seen as both offended and as morally superior. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/35 "2017-07-15T00:45:56Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > What I saw was a bunch of people overreacting to the slightest thing and jumping about trying to be seen as both offended a **nd as morally superior.** I wonder if you can spot the irony in this. I’ll bold it for you. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/36 "2017-07-15T00:46:13Z")
Several months (years? maybe.) ago, I came to the conclusion that if **stringbean** ever posted something factual and worth reading, it would be posted elsewhere, by someone with whom interaction would NOT strike me as being an unpleasant chore with a paltry reward. So I put him on my ignore list, and have since read his output only through the quotes of other people. That said, I haven’t read a good flounce post here in a dog’s age. I gather from the context of the responses that this OP has the potential to be one. So: a little help? Anything entertaining in this? TIA. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/37 "2017-07-15T00:48:12Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > After serious consideration, I have decided to end my time here with the Straight Dope. Good. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/38 "2017-07-15T00:49:05Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > I wonder if you can spot the irony in this. I’ll bold it for you. Only if you assume I’m trying to be morally superior. Which is an assumption on your part. One could also assume that you are playing this game in your post too. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/39 "2017-07-15T00:50:23Z")
Geepers. When I leave it will be quietly and people will say months afterwards "Whatever happened to DrFidelius? He used to post every once in a while here.ç ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286/40 "2017-07-15T00:54:35Z")
Nope, sorry. You’ll either die or you’ll be banned. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-to-the-dope/791286.md?page=3)