# Marley--here we go again.

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**Created:** [May 14, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-here-we-go-again/658321 "2013-05-14T16:00:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-here-we-go-again/658321/94 "2013-05-14T23:46:18Z")

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> [@Fenris](#):
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> So when can we see this new “constructive and on-topic” apply to pretty much anything Der Trihs or Elucidator posts?

As soon as the thing you made up becomes a rule. (Never.) 😉 As I always explain when this gets asked, **Der Trihs** and many other people of any and all political persuasions have been modded for off-topic or otherwise unwanted posts. The moderator instruction wasn’t “all posts must be constructive and on topic,” it was:

> [@What Would Your Ideal Political Party Platform Be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-ideal-political-party-platform-be/658213/34):
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> You are wandering into threadshitting territory. If you want to post your own ideas or even offer reasoned critiques of other proposals, go ahead - but do that instead of “boo hiss” and mocking other posters.

**Der Trihs** has often been accused of making ludicrous generalizations, but he typically doesn’t respond to people’s ideas by literally saying “Boo hiss.”

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