# Red Rover, Red Rover, send Rand Rover over **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 25, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-rover-red-rover-send-rand-rover-over/490739 "2009-03-25T15:22:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 452
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-rover-red-rover-send-rand-rover-over/490739/452 "2009-03-30T20:13:03Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > To accept “posting an unpopular opinion with the full knowledge that the Usual Suspects won’t like it” as “trolling” is to say “the Hive Mind does not tolerate dissent”. But this is true of any message board and indeed of any community. That’s not to say it makes it right, especially for those communities that tout themselves as open-minded. I was describing how I am not a Christian but go to a Christian church. **Rand Rover** replied: > [@Is church worth going to just to socialize?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-church-worth-going-to-just-to-socialize/478746/54): > > One could draw certain inferences about your motivations for surrounding yourself with people that have views with which you disagree, but I won’t be so indelicate as to address this directly. I asked: > [@Is church worth going to just to socialize?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-church-worth-going-to-just-to-socialize/478746/55): > > What inferences do you draw about your motivations in participating in debates where your opponent disagrees with you? Imagine my shock when he didn’t reply. **Rand Rover** , got any answers now? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-rover-red-rover-send-rand-rover-over/490739)._