# \[POLICE STATE\] tags for Pit? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 9, 2014, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849 "2014-10-09T11:47:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/21 "2014-10-09T15:44:08Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > The idea that the solution to rampant racist police abuse is to tag news threads about the abuse so that folks can continue to enjoy the privilege of not having to think about the racist police abuse seems contrary to the board’s mission. Beautifully said. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/22 "2014-10-09T15:53:08Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I don’t think fomenting hysteria is the boards’ mission. Nor is promoting racism. And yet. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/23 "2014-10-09T15:59:02Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I don’t think fomenting hysteria is the boards’ mission. > > Regards, > Shodan It’s more of a fortuitous side-effect. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/24 "2014-10-09T16:04:05Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > They would whip out their phones and begin Googling Supreme Court precedents to see if they had probable cause to detain. Black people get shot if they dare to whip out, well, anything. Moving fast while black is grounds for getting shot. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/25 "2014-10-09T16:08:27Z")
[QUOTE=Left Hand of Dorkness] Nor is promoting racism. And yet. [/QUOTE] And yet the accusations fly whenever someone questions another threadfull of hysteria. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [October 9, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/26 "2014-10-09T16:30:07Z")
So basically what you are asking for are tags that say [WE DISAGREE, BUT WE CAN"T COME UP WITH A COHERENT COUNTERARGUMENT]? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/27 "2014-10-09T17:02:28Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Black people get shot if they dare to whip out, well, anything. Moving fast while black is grounds for getting shot. > [@Shodan](#): > > And yet the accusations fly whenever someone questions another threadfull of hysteria. > > Regards, > Shodan > [@Czarcasm](#): > > So basically what you are asking for are tags that say [WE DISAGREE, BUT WE CAN"T COME UP WITH A COHERENT COUNTERARGUMENT]? **Moderator Note** ATMB is not the place to start another debate about the issue, or to take swipes at other posters. If this continues, this thread will be closed. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/28 "2014-10-09T17:15:12Z")
With respect, Colibri, this entire thread looks like a swipe–there’s very little chance it’s a serious proposal, and if it is, it’s absolutely bizarre. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/29 "2014-10-09T17:21:06Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > With respect, Colibri, this entire thread looks like a swipe–there’s very little chance it’s a serious proposal, and if it is, it’s absolutely bizarre. I agree. It is a request to politically label a type of thread maliciously. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/30 "2014-10-09T17:26:06Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Black people get shot if they dare to whip out, well, anything. Moving fast while black is grounds for getting shot. _Or_ getting reinstated by the Commissioner… ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/31 "2014-10-09T17:26:25Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > With respect, Colibri, this entire thread looks like a swipe–there’s very little chance it’s a serious proposal, and if it is, it’s absolutely bizarre. **[dead possum]** I concur. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > I agree. It is a request to politically label a type of thread maliciously. Whereas the idea of labelling the thread [WE DISAGREE, BUT WE CAN"T COME UP WITH A COHERENT COUNTERARGUMENT] isn’t. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/32 "2014-10-09T17:31:53Z")
> [@andros](#): > > We might end up with an omnibus thread _a la_ SRIOTD, or not, but in the meantime I can’t see how this is a big deal. I like this idea. I’m surprised there is not a new thread about the off duty cop shooting a black man in St. Loius. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/33 "2014-10-09T17:35:21Z")
What’s SRIOTD? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/34 "2014-10-09T17:40:53Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > But you’re getting Rape outrage on my Racist Cop outrage. That’s because they’re all subcategories of Recreational Outrage: whiney people who get off reading violence porn and [del]bragging[/del] complaining about how they’re sooo deeply wounded by THIS PARTICULAR TRAGEDY because they’re the mostest sensitivist person on the intrawebs because THIS PARTICULAR TRAGEDY that they had no connection to whatsoever outraged them more than everyone else. The cop-flavored RO is getting stale, but don’t worry, we’ll be back to child abuse porn and puppy, bunny and kitten torture porn before too long. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/35 "2014-10-09T17:41:35Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > What’s SRIOTD? [Stupid Republican Idea of the Day](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511831) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/36 "2014-10-09T17:48:53Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I like this idea. I like this idea, too. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/37 "2014-10-09T17:57:57Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > [Stupid Republican Idea of the Day](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=511831) Thanks. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/38 "2014-10-09T18:07:46Z")
The POLICE STATE tag is a sort of Batsignal for **Shodan** , right? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849/39 "2014-10-09T18:34:35Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > With respect, Colibri, this entire thread looks like a swipe–there’s very little chance it’s a serious proposal, and if it is, it’s absolutely bizarre. You’re right. Not to mention that the personal jabs are continuing. This is closed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-state-tags-for-pit/700849.md?page=1)