# Most common reason to be Pitted Appears to be Dishonesty?

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**Created:** [July 13, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-reason-to-be-pitted-appears-to-be-dishonesty/946422 "2021-07-13T20:44:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-reason-to-be-pitted-appears-to-be-dishonesty/946422/196 "2021-07-18T22:28:58Z")

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> [@Martin\_Hyde](#):
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> For what it is worth I agree about the extremely poor moderating over in the Pit and how conservatives are largely prohibited from striking back, and are essentially allowed to be libeled as racists over virtually any conversation with no response being permitted.

I don’t want to get sidetracked into bickering about this point, but I feel obliged to say that in my view it is unsupported by facts and therefore has absolutely no merit. To the contrary, **Miller** is generally recognized as an exceptionally easygoing mod, and of all the forums on the board the Pit is unique in that relatively few mod interventions occur and warnings are very rare.

I would really be interested if you could cite a _bona fide_ example of conservatives being “largely prohibited” from saying things in the Pit that, according to you, liberals can do with complete impunity. I’ve never seen any, and frankly it bothers me to see such a ridiculous claim.

I know you have issues with how you’ve been moderated in the Pit but I respectfully suggest that the issues are with you, not the moderator. Maybe you’re thinking of the incidents about which you started **[this peculiar ATMB thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-moderation-new-rule-protecting-nationality/944724)**. I’ll note that you _ **repeatedly** _ – three times in a row – made extremely disparaging comments about another poster based on his nationality. You were given two mod notes to dial it back, and then finally a warning when you did it a third time. Yes, warnings are very rare in the Pit, but so are attacks like yours.

In another example, you were sanctioned for attacking another poster for their self-acknowledged mental health issues. Your “defense” of this attack was basically that you wouldn’t have attacked them if they had not been mean to you in the first place.

What I’m trying to tell you here, **Martin\_Hyde** , that you don’t seem to be able to see, is that the recurrent pattern is that when you have an argument with someone, you tend to lash back with such venom that you get appropriately sanctioned for it. Your comments in all these cases were way over the top. **This is NOT an example of conservatives being discriminated against**. It’s an example of the application of the “don’t be a jerk” rule.

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