# mac\_bolan00 has been banned

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac_bolan00-has-been-banned/605358>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 7, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac_bolan00-has-been-banned/605358 "2011-12-07T06:55:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac_bolan00-has-been-banned/605358/1 "2011-12-07T06:55:37Z")

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For trolling and hate speech in[this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14538347#post14538347)thread, most notably:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14529829&postcount=232](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14529829&postcount=232)  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14538347&postcount=384](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14538347&postcount=384)  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14538414&postcount=402](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14538414&postcount=402)  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14538402&postcount=400](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14538402&postcount=400)

…despite being cautioned by **Gfactor** to tone down his rhetoric after the first post.

While **mac\_bolan00** has not received any prior warnings, it is the considered opinion of the staff of this board that his behavior has been sufficiently extreme and calculated that it warranted a full ban.

I feel it’s also worth noting that he tried to create his first sock account before I could finish composing this post.