# People need to stop making stuff up to make Trump look bad **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 3, 2017, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887 "2017-02-03T07:46:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887/201 "2017-02-17T23:34:35Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > “News media outlets” is redundant. “News media” should suffice. However, this misuse of the language is hardly surprising for someone hoping their “Democrat collective” will catch on. It won’t. > > I wonder which outlets he\* does\* respect? InfoWars, Breitbart, StormFront? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887/202 "2017-02-18T02:07:07Z")
I was on one of my occasional [del]suspensions[/del] sabaticals during the St_rmfr_nt board war and missed it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887/203 "2017-02-18T02:10:15Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I was on one of my occasional [del]suspensions[/del] sabaticals during the St_rmfr_nt board war and missed it. ☹ I missed that one too ☹ ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887/204 "2017-02-18T02:54:45Z")
A Stormfront board war? The imagination falters… ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887/205 "2017-02-18T10:45:21Z")
Best as I can tell from the board search engine, it happened in the fall of 2002. (And may have extended into 2003 a bit; it’s hard to tell. IIRC, 2002-2003 was the Winter of Our Missed Content, where a few months’ worth of threads got wiped out.) Anyhow, the less said about those folks, the better. I’d personally recommend against further mentions of the name of that board, in case they do searches to see who’s talking about them. I’m sure the mods don’t want to have to deal with a bunch of visitors from over there. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887/206 "2017-02-18T13:45:25Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > A Stormfront board war? The imagination falters… They probably have nattier uniforms, but I bet we have better grass. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887/207 "2017-02-18T14:39:18Z")
I have no idea what you’re talking about, and you can’t unring that bell. Did the SDMB cross paths with the infamous white nationalist site? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887/208 "2017-02-18T16:48:07Z")
A couple of them came over here as a group to troll the board. Some members here posted over there. It lasted 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887/209 "2017-02-18T17:57:34Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > It lasted 20 minutes. Which was long enough to frighten some members so, 15 years later, we aren’t supposed to state its Beetlejuician name. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887/210 "2017-02-18T23:09:13Z")
Candyman, Candyman, Candyman. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887/211 "2017-02-20T02:25:07Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > They probably have nattier uniforms, but I bet we have better grass. Aw, man, you done got me all nostalgic for the days of my misspent youth, when “grass” was the favored slang for the marihuana. You say “grass” to these kids today, and they look at you funny. …wait. You weren’t talking about our lawn, were you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-need-to-stop-making-stuff-up-to-make-trump-look-bad/778887.md?page=10)