# Recovering Republican, Please Step Into the Hallway for a Moment **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 7, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114 "2011-07-07T01:24:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/81 "2011-07-10T21:07:21Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > This bears repeating because I doubt the point has penetrated what appears to be a thicker than normal skull. > > I also found the “oh poor persecuted me” response to what **twickster** said in the Election thread to be pretty pathetic: > Oh boo-fucking-hoo y’damn big baby. You might as well curl up in the corner sucking your thumb. > > Furthermore dumbass, **YOU** couldn’t stay on topic from your first post in that thread because you had to make a crack slamming Islam. And that was only the second post in the entire thread! **RTFirefly** posted what has to be the most non-partisan OP I have seen in the Election forum in a while. But, **YOU** just couldn’t stand letting an actual discussion take place free of partisan politics or offensive slurs. > > The fact the comment was the result of your apparently limitless ignorance and bigotry just makes it more annoying. Nobody, including me, has a problem with his expressing his opinions. That’s what message boards are for. His supposed “throwaway comments”, however, are deliberate snark and intended to rile people up, which is pretty much the definition of a troll. I spent a very large portion of my working life as either a government (state and federal) employee or as a civilian contractor, and his remarks are offensive to me. I would venture to say that I have more experience with military, government workers and contractors than this cheesedick has ever had, and he’s way the fuck off base in his sneering remarks. I’d be willing to bet that part of it is envy on his part for having to take military pay while contractors were making real money. Well, you makes your choices and you takes your chances, bub. I have a niece and a nephew who are both school teachers, and who work damn hard to be the best they can be. So fuck you on that score also, lamebrain. Keep a civil tongue in your head. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/82 "2011-07-10T23:42:27Z")
Whatever, guy, you’re just jealous of his amazing debate skills. RR has so much to teach us all… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/83 "2011-07-11T00:04:48Z")
"President Obama announced today that he is opening the US Strategic Reserves of Sarcasm, due to a sudden and entirely unexpected depletion of supply. ‘Everything was fine up until about 6:45 this evening’ said a government spokesman ‘then suddenly it was all used up!’ " ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/84 "2011-07-11T00:07:07Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > Whatever, guy, you’re just jealous of his amazing debate skills. RR has so much to teach us all… If he calls somebody “guy” one more time, I think my head will explode. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/85 "2011-07-11T00:10:47Z")
Hey, you call yourself “guy,” guy? Why, guy? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/86 "2011-07-11T00:56:43Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > I don’t think he’s trolling. Recovering Republican may look like an idiot, and talk like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot. > > (Should have let **RT Firefly** field that one) That’s OK, I’ll go with another Groucho line: RR has the brain of a four year old child, and I bet the kid was mighty glad to get rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/87 "2011-07-11T01:17:23Z")
What, no love for Exapno? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/88 "2011-07-11T01:29:31Z")
I love Exapno, but that line belongs to the RT Firefly character in Duck Soup. Harpo is awesome, but he’s kind of hard to quote. 😉 BTW, I recommend Roy Blount’s book about the movie. Fun, quick read. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/89 "2011-07-11T01:34:44Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > …Harpo is awesome, but he’s kind of hard to quote… Still, a plucky fellow! ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/90 "2011-07-11T01:43:23Z")
Horny, too. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/91 "2011-07-11T02:14:25Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Horny, too. I see what you did there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/92 "2011-07-11T04:41:40Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Hey, you call yourself “guy,” guy? Why, guy? ::head explodes:: ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/93 "2011-07-11T05:34:56Z")
I’m willing to engage Recovering Republican in intelligent conversation. I’m just unmoved by arguments that hinge on racism, patriotism or American exceptionalism and as far as I can tell that’s about 75% of his repertoire. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/94 "2011-07-11T05:39:32Z")
Only 75%? The rest is conjunctions? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/95 "2011-07-11T05:41:48Z")
Well, my sample size is small since I don’t usually meander through the Elections forum (it’s very repetitive - there must be ten or twenty threads on Republican hopefuls - and it’ll likely stay that way until the primaries), so the margin of error could be plus or minus 40%. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/96 "2011-07-11T05:48:23Z")
Really, his posts are antique Republican canards connected by… (snooze) Am I back in 1978? Conjunction Junction, what’s your function? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/97 "2011-07-11T10:18:52Z")
I don’t know why he keeps going on about Obama and the government failing to solve the unemployment problem. I mean, that’s just a socialistic viewpoint espoused by people who think that the world owes them a living. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/98 "2011-07-11T13:18:02Z")
[He’s even been warned about hijacking his own threads](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=615844). That’s dedication. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/99 "2011-07-11T13:34:55Z")
Haha, within 3 posts he hijacked his own thread. That’s epic. I mean, he just laid the trap to put that comment down. FFS. I wonder, what with his 800 posts per day and willingnes to take on the board he hasn’t come to his own pit thread. Does he maybe have a bet with someone that he can constitute 50% of the posts in the elections forum without getting banned? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114/100 "2011-07-11T14:47:22Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I wonder, what with his 800 posts per day and willingnes to take on the board he hasn’t come to his own pit thread. He demonstrated his reading comprehension skills in post 19. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recovering-republican-please-step-into-the-hallway-for-a-moment/588114.md?page=6)