# OP requests

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**Created:** [September 15, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-requests/766035 "2016-09-15T20:14:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-requests/766035/10 "2016-09-15T21:09:37Z")

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> [@Who, here is voting for Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-is-voting-for-trump/761989/196):
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> You are allowed to ask why, to ask them to elaborate on their answers. This gets more into debating.

Telling somebody what they’re “allowed” to do in a thread is basically the same as an order. We don’t get to do that.

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