# Pitting UltraVires

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 22, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734 "2018-09-22T16:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734/192 "2019-07-22T23:09:08Z")

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West Virginia’s dumbest lawyer wants to know, “Where do we draw the line?” Literally the same question he asks in every fucking thread.

> [@What "Conservative Values" aren't based on bigotry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-conservative-values-arent-based-on-bigotry/837176/602):
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> If one wants to say that being against gay marriage and trans “rights” is bigoted, then one needs to define “bigoted.” When does opposition to someone turn into bigotry? I am against littering. When does that turn into bigotry against a class of people known as Litterers?

Or…

> [@Alarming trend in moderation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alarming-trend-in-moderation/836891/77):
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> The problem with “don’t be a jerk” is that one’s jerkishness has gone far beyond a universal recognition of being a jerk and into a wholly subjective and subconsciously politically based determination of what being a jerk consists of. It really has come to mean nothing more than “upsets a moderator at this time.”

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