# Reeder has been banned **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 30, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906 "2005-07-30T17:33:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/1 "2005-07-30T17:33:47Z")
Actually, TVeblen said it better already, and so I am copying her post from what was the last straw . . . [What is with Duhbya and his middle finger?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6418796&postcount=21) \>[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6418796&postcount=21](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6418796&postcount=21) Warned: [A question about GWB and his policies.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=239154) \>[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=239154](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=239154) [Reeder’s Official Bush-Bashing Thread](Reeder’s Official Bush-Bashing Thread ) \>[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4635467#post463](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4635467#post463) [The true face of Duhbyas daughter.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5088561#post5088561) \>[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5088561#post5088561](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5088561#post5088561) [God Damn it…I despise people who say that because you are the working poor…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300889) \>[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300889](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300889) [Do you fear your government?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=300875) [On posting personal information of other users.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307693) \>[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307693](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=307693) Enough. Way too much. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/2 "2005-07-30T17:45:55Z")
Thank you. there is a God. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/3 "2005-07-30T18:18:00Z")
Now the board will be all conservative! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/4 "2005-07-30T18:24:51Z")
But this is a worrisome development! Who is there to constantly remind us that Bush suxx? Say we forget? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/5 "2005-07-30T18:36:00Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Who is there to constantly remind us that Bush suxx? Say we forget? I’m sure _someone_ will step into the breach, and do a better job of it too. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/6 "2005-07-30T18:45:26Z")
I wish I could work up some sympathy. But… _Vaya con Dios_, **Reeder**. Some ignorance is invincible. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/7 "2005-07-30T20:53:38Z")
I do remember the gnashing that “this board is leftist, “this banning is a disturbing development” etc, when a doper that was on the right got banned. Here is proof that this board does indeed has prejudice: against jerks that is. And this leftist agrees with this banning. I only hope that **Reeder** will learn the lessons of his bannings (IIRC this is the second and last banning), and then modify his behavior and continue the fight in an honorable way elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/8 "2005-07-30T20:54:34Z")
A nation mourns. (Dunno which nation. Or why it’s mourning, come to that. But I’m sure there’s a nation mourning somewhere.) ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/9 "2005-07-30T21:02:43Z")
It is unseemly to bash someone who cannot respond. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/10 "2005-07-30T21:06:05Z")
I wrote to **Veb** in his defense, but I guess that wasn’t nearly enough to save him. I’ll miss the leftist fool. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/11 "2005-07-30T21:09:30Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > It is unseemly to bash someone who cannot respond. And yet, this isn’t the first time. Nor will it be the last. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/12 "2005-07-30T21:38:47Z")
Thanks, **Veb**. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/13 "2005-07-30T23:28:54Z")
It is telling that there has been no Pit thread opened about this. Nobody seems too upset. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/14 "2005-07-30T23:43:32Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > It is telling that there has been no Pit thread opened about this. Nobody seems too upset. I was thinking the same thing. I guess those who are glad to see he’s gone are holding their tongues or haven’t read this thread yet. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/15 "2005-07-31T01:19:34Z")
Will this mean the board is more centrist? Has there been a ballance reached now that both reeder and december are gone? Anyway, even though I found his style of writing OPs obnoxious, I’m sad to see him go. The SDMB needs spice, both from the left and the right and reeder was spice. This board wouldn’t be a tenth as interesting if we all agreed and were nice to each other. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/16 "2005-07-31T01:43:28Z")
And yet, Keith Olberman gets six figures for doing the same thing on national TV. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/17 "2005-07-31T01:49:15Z")
He was asking for it, and finally got it. Thank you, Powers That Be. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/18 "2005-07-31T01:52:24Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > The SDMB needs spice, both from the left and the right and reeder was spice. As any good cook knows, too much “spice” and you spoil the dish. **Reeder** should have expanded his repetoire. He could be quite interesting when he wasn’t on another Bush is Evil and Here is the Latest Proof tear. I think he was given plenty of warnings and the mods were more than patient. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/19 "2005-07-31T01:59:43Z")
While I never paid much attention to his political rants and ravings, he did recommend Hayseed Dixie (a bluegrass band specializing in rock covers). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906/20 "2005-07-31T02:10:15Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > Will this mean the board is more centrist? Has there been a ballance reached now that both reeder and december are gone? Don’t forget **Brutus** , who decided not to pay for another year. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reeder-has-been-banned/314906.md?page=2)