# Pitting Steophan

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-steophan/795678>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 6, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-steophan/795678 "2017-09-06T22:34:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crazy\_Canuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazy_canuck/32/5282_2.png) [@Crazy\_Canuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazy_Canuck)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-steophan/795678/21 "2017-09-07T17:24:20Z")

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I support this pitting. My only problem with is is that **iiandyiiii** is far too nice about it, as he tends to be, so as a pitting it kinda feels a little sad and pathetic. Much like it’s target.

> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#):
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> I’ve not been following that thread. Looking at Steophan’s defense, it looks like the old “you’ve-said-things-vaguely-along-those-lines-so-you-probably-said-that-too-and-even-if-not-you-probably-really-meant-it” approach. Very common around here.

Yup, pretty much. In Steophan’s own words…

> [@Controversial encounters between law-enforcement and civilians - the omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/controversial-encounters-between-law-enforcement-and-civilians-the-omnibus-thread/700942/11396):
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> Granted, you didn’t use the word “hate” in that particular quote, but it’s very clear from your posts that you think doing so is fine.

So he even admits that he didn’t say what he accused him of saying. Given that, I won’t be engaging with him again. Life’s too short to argue with dishonest assholes on the internet.

> [@Shodan](#):
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> Anytime it happens to you, maybe. I don’t see you Pitting the other posters in that thread for claiming **Steophan** is a Nazi or gets a sexual thrill from seeing black people beaten or any of the rest of it.

Are your fingers broken? Did someone point a firearm at you and threaten your life if you started a pit thread yourself to defend Steophan? No? Then fuck right off with that bullshit and go threadshit somewhere else.

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