# Mod Warning in GQ **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 22, 2012, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701 "2012-05-22T11:20:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701/61 "2012-05-23T16:07:12Z")
I try not to call even the generic political opposition idiots outside the pit, and I would not be surprised to get a mod warning if I did. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701/62 "2012-05-23T17:08:09Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Maybe someone can explain why they consider that to be jerkish behavior, because I’m not seeing it. Alone, it’s not. But given ralph’s proliffic posting history of doing nothing (and I mean _nothing_) but threadshitting all over the place with semi-non sequitor (and poorly formatted) paragraphs that tangentially relate to the topic but attempt to spin it off into a partisan attack/comment and accomplish nothing but either derailing the thread, taking it off-topic, or cause everyone to lose their train of thought as they point and laugh at the nonsense, I can’t come up with any other way to describe the behavior as anything other than jerkish. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701/63 "2012-05-23T17:16:49Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Yeahbutt there are also Republicans, Libertarians, and Christian Straight Dope members, and they get called (as a group) nasty stuff too, outside of the pit. Not in GQ without a mod note or warning. I don’t see why this needs to be twisted into something it’s not. In GQ, we’re looking for factual answers. You usually don’t get a warning for posting your opinion (unless you hijack the thread with your opinion even after being proven wrong), but we don’t like having threads turn political. And that’s what is likely to happen when you make a political statement instead of sticking to the facts. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701/64 "2012-05-23T17:23:59Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Not in GQ without a mod note or warning. > > I don’t see why this needs to be twisted into something it’s not. In GQ, we’re looking for factual answers. You usually don’t get a warning for posting your opinion (unless you hijack the thread with your opinion even after being proven wrong), but we don’t like having threads turn political. And that’s what is likely to happen when you make a political statement instead of sticking to the facts. You’re right. I forgot we were focusing on the GQ subforum. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701/65 "2012-05-23T18:21:14Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > ETA: Whenever I’ve gotten a “jerk” warning or note, I’ve always gone back and looked at what I did, and always realized, after the fact, that “yeah, that was jerkish”. Only a total jerk who can’t understand his jerkishness would not be able to do so. So, total jerk is a jerk, doesn’t realize why he’s a jerk. Protests in ATMB. Got it. > [@Sparky812](#): > > More recently, I very much doubt that moderating rulings like the handy ban, the gonzomax finale, or vanilla’s socks, could be posted today. > Not because the Registration Agreement doesn’t exist..its because the necessary pitting, personal impact statements, etc. wold take decades to complete. And you would always have some nutbag group protesting it, even after all the hurdles had been cleared. > Look what happens when you try to reduce political jabs (by building a barbeque pit)-the protest groups come out of the woodwork-and tie you up in ATMB for years. 😉 > [@Sailboat](#): > > _There are environmentalists on this board._ Smart, good people, too. It’s bound to be true because there are environmentalists in almost every walk of life. These people are, in SDMB terms, _your peers._ You’re not supposed to insult your peers outside the pit by calling them nutbags. That is not a restriction on the board. You are allowed to make blanket group insults, as long as they are large generic groups, and not hate speech. Limiting the blanket group insult to “board members who do such” would be warned, but not insulting a blanket group that _happens_ to include board members. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701/66 "2012-05-23T18:23:51Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Yeahbutt there are also Republicans, Libertarians, and Christian Straight Dope members, and they get called (as a group) nasty stuff too, outside of the pit. I was about to say this. We have members who call Christians idiots, and a member who says that everyone who is against abortion for any reason actually hates women. Why is that allowed, but this isn’t? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701/67 "2012-05-23T18:28:08Z")
> [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](#): > > I was about to say this. We have members who call Christians idiots, and a member who says that everyone who is against abortion for any reason actually hates women. Why is that allowed, but this isn’t? Because we’re discussing GQ, which is the forum for factual answers and where there are extra rules intended to prevent hijacks. You are allowed to make negative comments about groups of people - including groups that include Dopers - in Great Debates and in other kinds of more open-ended discussions. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701/68 "2012-05-24T12:34:40Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It’s not really jerkish behavior. It’s making a political statement-- ie, environmental protestors are “nutbags”. Jerkish behavior generally means you are being a jerk towards someone, or that you’re hijacking a thread in a way that’s ruining the discussion. And to do the latter takes a LOT more than one post. > > Maybe someone can explain why they consider that to be jerkish behavior, because I’m not seeing it. “Someone”… or a protected class. It all depends. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-warning-in-gq/622701.md?page=3)