# Omg hypocritical nazi mods! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 28, 2013, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102 "2013-06-28T10:11:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/1 "2013-06-28T10:11:48Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16422545&postcount=12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16422545&postcount=12) > [@](#): > > Even when true, this accusation may not be leveled against another poster outside The BBQ Pit. Don not do this again. > > That said, this thread is clearly a troll and it is now closed. …Wasn’t sure where to share this, but I found it pretty funny. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/2 "2013-06-28T11:27:42Z")
I smiled. That said, I do find it slightly unfair when the mods take parting shots in their thread-closing posts, even where I agree with the tone and content of such shots. If you’re wearing the Mod Hat, IMHO it should be kept strictly business-like. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/3 "2013-06-28T12:10:25Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I smiled. > > That said, I do find it slightly unfair when the mods take parting shots in their thread-closing posts, even where I agree with the tone and content of such shots. If you’re wearing the Mod Hat, IMHO it should be kept strictly business-like. Well is it actually a parting shot and not just a statement of reason for why the thread is closed? And if it’s both, how is one supposed to close a troll thread without telling the OP he’s been convicted of living-under-bridges-like behaviour? ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/4 "2013-06-28T12:21:29Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Well is it actually a parting shot and not just a statement of reason for why the thread is closed? And if it’s both, how is one supposed to close a troll thread without telling the OP he’s been convicted of living-under-bridges-like behaviour? Agreed. The thread was closed because obvious trolling was obvious. However, that does not mean that public troll-shaming is to be encouraged. The proper response is to simply alert a Mod, who may use your clever phrasing in the inevitable shut-down post. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/5 "2013-06-28T12:32:09Z")
I don’t see the hypocrisy. Rules say you can’t call “troll” except in The Pit. Rules allow Mods to close threads and they usually state why. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/6 "2013-06-28T12:45:28Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > However, that does not mean that public troll-shaming is to be encouraged. Although a true troll knows no shame. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/7 "2013-06-28T12:48:26Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Although a true troll knows no shame. Like a fat man in a Speedo, the shaming is for our amusement and is not expected to produce any change in the person’s behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/8 "2013-06-28T13:46:06Z")
Yup. The Official answer will be that the mod said the THREAD was trolling, not that the poster who started the thread was a troll. There’s a difference, you know. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/9 "2013-06-28T14:37:55Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Yup. The Official answer will be that the mod said the THREAD was trolling, not that the poster who started the thread was a troll. There’s a difference, you know. It’s a difference that makes no difference in the real world. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/10 "2013-06-28T14:57:24Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > It’s a difference that makes no difference in the real world. No differences on a mb thread make a difference in the real world so that difference’s lack of real difference is no different than anything else’s difference being no different. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/11 "2013-06-28T15:18:04Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > No differences on a mb thread make a difference in the real world so that difference’s lack of real difference is no different than anything else’s difference being no different. That’s a different matter altogether. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/12 "2013-06-28T17:37:59Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > That’s a different matter altogether. That’s a different matter. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/13 "2013-06-28T17:43:30Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I smiled. > > That said, I do find it slightly unfair when the mods take parting shots in their thread-closing posts, even where I agree with the tone and content of such shots. \ You’re just jealous that they can do that (heck, we all are). > [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > That’s a different matter. You were too quick - it would have been more awesome if we could have had a massive simulpost of that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/14 "2013-06-28T17:43:50Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > That’s a different matter. That’s a different matter. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/15 "2013-06-28T17:44:31Z")
Like that! Yeah, that’s the spirit! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/16 "2013-06-28T18:14:08Z")
Does it really matter? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/17 "2013-06-28T18:15:13Z")
I’m in the dark about this matter. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/18 "2013-06-28T18:28:07Z")
It doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/19 "2013-06-28T18:30:07Z")
Does it anti-matter? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102/20 "2013-06-28T18:30:50Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Does it anti-matter? Auntie Matter? Love that old broad. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-hypocritical-nazi-mods/662102.md?page=2)