# New rule: shut the fuck up about Bush **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 16, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125 "2005-05-16T20:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/101 "2005-05-17T17:09:49Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > I’m suprised no one brought up starting a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=316879) with the purpose of annoying another poster, and then hiding behing a smiley so he’s not “technically” breaking a rule. That topic is old news, **rjung** , as evidenced by the lack of interest in people posting to the thread. The timing of that thread starting, and this thread, is too coincidental. It’s also been closed as of this writing. Not that I think **rjung** did himself any favors by opening it in the first place, but as I mentioned before, why not let the moderators do what they are assigned to do? Then again, some posters appear to be enjoying the witch-hunt a tad much…which, considering the ulterior motive of this thread, says something about _them_ right there. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/102 "2005-05-17T17:20:29Z")
**Miller** : apologies, my mistake – I’ve used warnings in the past. However, I also think American MSM is playing politics by sheltering its audience from the graphic reality of Bush’s illegal invasion . Images such as those are rather common place in any number of non-US networks and newspapers. Ever wonder why? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/103 "2005-05-17T17:21:24Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > It seemed simply like a bit of attempted humor, to me. It also looked like attempted humor to me, but I thought the timing was off, the humor was strained, and the probability of cross-posted sniping was too high at this time. [GD Moderator] ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/104 "2005-05-17T17:24:54Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > It also looked like attempted humor to me, but I thought the timing was off, the humor was strained, and the probability of cross-posted sniping was too high at this time. _And_ it was completely nonsensical. Who said threads about Bush shouldn’t be started? ---
**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 17, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/105 "2005-05-17T17:25:20Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > It also looked like attempted humor to me, but I thought the timing was off, the humor was strained, and the probability of cross-posted sniping was too high at this time. Especially since it was less than one hour between the time he first posted in this thread and the time he openned the GD thread. Which is exactly the type of juvenile tactic that many of the folks in this thread are complaining about. ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/106 "2005-05-17T17:29:51Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > Ever wonder why? Why yes, as a matter of fact. Let’s discuss the issue here, in this very thread! I simply can’t think of a more appropriate place to do so–can you? ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/107 "2005-05-17T17:33:23Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > **Miller** : apologies, my mistake – I’ve used warnings in the past. > > However, I also think American MSM is playing politics by sheltering its audience from the graphic reality of Bush’s illegal invasion . Images such as those are rather common place in any number of non-US networks and newspapers. > > Ever wonder why? American MSM? You mean, American Men who have Sex with Men? Because that’s what that acronym usually stands for. For the record, we are mostly not fond of Bush, and we don’t keep it secret. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/108 "2005-05-17T17:43:48Z")
MSM = mainstream media. Never seen it used the way you suggest. Must be my sheltered lifestyle. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/109 "2005-05-17T17:50:02Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > MSM = mainstream media. Never seen it used the way you suggest. > > Must be my sheltered lifestyle. I wish people would actually write out words. It would make things much easier around here. Especially since “MSM” is not an abbreviation for “mainstream media” in any kind of common use. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/110 "2005-05-17T17:50:15Z")
> [@me](#): > > - To the credit of board conservatives, I can’t think of any current board member on the conservative side who’d do a thread-shitting like this. > [@duffer](#): > > I beleive that should read : _science fiction_ D’oh! How could I forget you, **duffer**? The board is not bereft of rightwing partisan threadshitters while we still have you :). Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/111 "2005-05-17T17:52:24Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Geez louise, anyone who thinks I’m a “one-trick pony” must have missed the dozens and dozens of messages I’ve posted in the various SDMB forums that have nothing to do with George, Dick, Condi, Donald, or Paul (I’d dig up the _Hitchhikers’ Guide To the Galaxy_ thread in Cafe Society, but I’m being a lazy bastich right now). You’ve got dozens of posts not about Bush bashing. Great. You’ve also got a 13,000 post count. :rolleyes: “I can’t be an alcoholic, Doc. I haven’t had a drink all morning!” ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/112 "2005-05-17T17:58:04Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > For the record, we are mostly not fond of Bush, and we don’t keep it secret. (my underscore) Funny, for I think that folks like **Bricker, duffer** and **Shodan** would disagree with you on this one. Sadly, going by your last electoral results, I’d have to disagree with you as well. However, my attempted point in that post wasn’t about Bush himself, but rather the way your infamous “liberal media” has taken on the role of a wet-nurse in so far as what you can and can’t see coming out of Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/113 "2005-05-17T18:00:20Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > I beleive that should read : science fiction _oooooooooh, burn!_ do you give lessons in witty reparte? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/114 "2005-05-17T18:00:57Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > It also looked like attempted humor to me, but I thought the timing was off, the humor was strained, and the probability of cross-posted sniping was too high at this time. > > [GD Moderator] Interesting. I imagine the smiley was intended to convey that he didn’t really mean what he posted, and he did state specifically that he was posting in order to annoy another poster, who he mentioned by name. Deliberately posing stuff in order to stir up trouble - we should come up with a name for that! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/115 "2005-05-17T18:00:57Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > However, my attempted point in that post wasn’t about Bush himself, but rather the way your infamous “liberal media” has taken on the role of a wet-nurse in so far as what you can and can’t see coming out of Iraq. Can we not even have a thread discussing political hijacks without it getting politically hijacked? ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/116 "2005-05-17T18:01:16Z")
> [@Excalibre](#): > > I wish people would actually write out words. It would make things much easier around here. > > Especially since “MSM” is not an abbreviation for “mainstream media” in any kind of common use. Your wish is not my command. And it _is_ a rather common [Net term](http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=acronym+%2B+MSM). ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/117 "2005-05-17T18:04:06Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > Funny, for I think that folks like **Bricker, duffer** and **Shodan** would disagree with you on this one. Sadly, going by your last electoral results, I’d have to disagree with you as well. The great thing about pronouns is their ambiguity. I believe you’ll find that they–being Men who have Sex with Men–comprise a group that does not include **Bricker, Duffer** , or **Shodan**. Though I could be mistaken. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/118 "2005-05-17T18:05:43Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > Can we not even have a thread discussing political hijacks without it getting politically hijacked? Hmmm…what do you think? 'pool or Milan in the CL Final? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/119 "2005-05-17T18:07:38Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > Funny, for I think that folks like **Bricker, duffer** and **Shodan** would disagree with you on this one. **Bricker** , **duffer** and **Shodan** are gay? Man, the homosexual mafia is _everywhere_! ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/120 "2005-05-17T18:07:44Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > The great thing about pronouns is their ambiguity. I believe you’ll find that they–being Men who have Sex with Men–comprise a group that does not include **Bricker, Duffer** , or **Shodan**. Though I could be mistaken. > > Daniel Failed attempt at humor or a a hieroglyphic ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125.md?page=7)