# Republitrolls. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 20, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646 "2017-01-20T17:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**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:** [January 24, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/301 "2017-01-24T06:37:52Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Why are you obsessed? That’s not healthy. > > Anyway this is the pit. People say terrible stuff in the pit. Put on your big boy pants and deal with it, ignore it, or just don’t bother with the pit. I was naive about this place at first but after some time in this so-called ecosystem I have adapted to it. > > Even _terrible people.__shudders_ Are you actually stupid enough to believe you’ve gotta back up whatever a political compatriot says, no matter _what_ spews out of his or her mouth? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/302 "2017-01-24T07:09:27Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Why are you obsessed? That’s not healthy. > > Anyway this is the pit. People say terrible stuff in the pit. Put on your big boy pants and deal with it, ignore it, or just don’t bother with the pit. I was naive about this place at first but after some time in this so-called ecosystem I have adapted to it. > > Even _terrible people.__shudders_ [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=816874](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=816874) Apparently trolling is allowed in the pit now I guess. I dunno, it’s still in the rules, but I guess it’s not enforced. But that shit goes on in elections and great debates, too. I like this forum. People like **Clothahump** actively make this forum worse. They offer nothing of value and are indistinguishable from shitty trolls. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/303 "2017-01-24T07:16:50Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > I’m not sure what that even means but do keep repeating it if it gives you comfort. Someone in another thread mentioned that you aren’t even American. Which begs the question: why are spending all this time and effort sticking your tongue up Trump’s filthy, diseased asshole? Oh, and how do you say “mommy’s basement” in your language? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/304 "2017-01-24T07:23:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Are you actually stupid enough to believe you’ve gotta back up whatever a political compatriot says, no matter _what_ spews out of his or her mouth? Not advocating censorship is different than agreeing with content. Are you folks really this daft? It’s like you guys have the emotional wiring of a 9 year old. Use the rational part of your brain and realize that the rules of this forum allow a certain tone and a certain language and if you don’t like it stop engaging! That’s not the same as agreeing with whomever. In some ways having to explain this is exasperating because these are simple concepts. > [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=816874](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=816874) > > Apparently trolling is allowed in the pit now I guess. I dunno, it’s still in the rules, but I guess it’s not enforced. But that shit goes on in elections and great debates, too. I like this forum. People like **Clothahump** actively make this forum worse. They offer nothing of value and are indistinguishable from shitty trolls. Whether or not poster A, B, or C is trolling is a matter of opinion. And the fact is your opinion doesn’t matter for that determination. You have made it clear you’d rather censor someone than ignore them. That’s sad and cowardly. Especially since you use the same rules of the pit to attack these people. You are being a hypocrite. And if you don’t like what poster A, B, or C has to say the solution is extraordinarily easy. Put them on ignore and get on with leading a productive life conversing with those you want to converse with. Personally, I don’t put people on ignore because I like contrary opinions and points of view. Different people have different thresholds of tolerance for dissenting points of view or for not so polite discourse. And that’s their personal choice. Why ban someone though when you can handle the situation yourself? That seems to be an obsessive, vindictive grudge and how’s that good? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/305 "2017-01-24T07:24:34Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Someone in another thread mentioned that you aren’t even American. Which begs the question: why are spending all this time and effort sticking your tongue up Trump’s filthy, diseased asshole? > > Oh, and how do you say “mommy’s basement” in your language? Begs the question? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/306 "2017-01-24T07:27:02Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Whether or not poster A, B, or C is trolling is a matter of opinion. And the fact is your opinion doesn’t matter for that determination. You have made it clear you’d rather censor someone than ignore them. That’s sad and cowardly. Especially since you use the same rules of the pit to attack these people. You are being a hypocrite. > > And if you don’t like what poster A, B, or C has to say the solution is extraordinarily easy. Put them on ignore and get on with leading a productive life conversing with those you want to converse with. > > Personally, I don’t put people on ignore because I like contrary opinions and points of view. Different people have different thresholds of tolerance for dissenting points of view or for not so polite discourse. And that’s their personal choice. Why ban someone though when you can handle the situation yourself? That seems to be an obsessive, vindictive grudge and how’s that good? You didn’t click the link, did you? If you had, you would have noticed: 1. It is the most blatantly obvious trolling this side of 4chan 2. Ignoring Clothahump wouldn’t actually accomplish anything, as the entire thread then devolves into people pointing out how stupid his comment was. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/307 "2017-01-24T07:46:02Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > You didn’t click the link, did you? If you had, you would have noticed: > > 1. It is the most blatantly obvious trolling this side of 4chan > 2. Ignoring Clothahump wouldn’t actually accomplish anything, as the entire thread then devolves into people pointing out how stupid his comment was. Read the OP. You have an affinity for the OP’s point of view so his or her well poisoning at the very start isn’t even noticed! How should someone respond to a topic in which the very first post is a series of ad-hominem attacks on a political figure that that someone may be in favor of? The tone was set in the first post! Look how Bone moderated it. He apparently recognized that it just wasn’t clothahump threadshitting/trolling a thread that was productive and civil up until clothahump’s entrance. There wasn’t even a note or warning issued and if trolling in the Pit can get you banned you’d think obvious trolling outside the Pit would at least warrant a note for a poster instead of a general calm down for the thread if the mods thought it was appropriate. The thing is feelings you personally feel because you or your beliefs are the target of snark and jackassery are of course going to feel like a greater sin than the barbs thrown at the opposition that you may agree with. The empathy towards the target is generally less than one’s own irritation, aggravation, or pain. Let’s address the bigger question though. Is it desirable in a forum that allows attacks on some ideologies, politicians, and their supporters to somehow demand a subset of the membership be held to a higher standard? Why is it ok, on one hand, to call Trump supporters racist, misogynist, stupid, inbred, perverse, sadistic, evil, fascist, homophobic, xenophobic, didImissaphobic? and on the other hand referring to a liberal as a snowflake is trolling? We had a thread closed, no warning issued, where a member wanted to skullfuck children. I think we can deal with Clothahump and others saying snowflake, librul, and Democrat Party. Yes. I get it Clothahump annoys you. But aren’t there at least 200 other anti Donald Trump threads you can participate in? ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/308 "2017-01-24T08:18:21Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Is anyone joking about not knowing what wetback means? Shucks, my American Culture Quotient is very low and even I know this one: [QUOTE=Mei Li, in Flower Drum Song] Honorable sirs, and my future mother-in-law, I must confess something. I came into this country illegally across the Pacific Ocean. It is for that reason, I cannot marry your son. My back is wet. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/309 "2017-01-24T09:14:35Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Shucks, my American Culture Quotient is very low and even I know this one: I don’t think so. It’s the Rio Grande. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2017, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/310 "2017-01-24T10:13:31Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > At least the sites I use have facts, as opposed to the pure crap that the mainstream media and liberal sites come up with. And the fact that I have to explain that to you indicates that you don’t understand the difference. And yet the number of times the things you asserted were “facts” were in fact completely wrong, unsupported by reality and derived from the “bullshit” portion of those sites suggests otherwise. But I await yet another one of your scintillating rebuttals in which you continue to use your own feet for target practice. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/311 "2017-01-24T10:46:31Z")
Trolling is in fact a bannable offense on this board, as witnessed of course by the fact that all of us named as trolls have had our posting privileges withdrawn. Oh, hold on, we haven’t. Could that be a clue for the dipshits who have dubbed us trolls that it’s all in their dumb heads and that they represent a tiny minority of liberals here, rabid and spit-fleckled though that minority be? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/312 "2017-01-24T11:27:55Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Trolling is in fact a bannable offense on this board, as witnessed of course by the fact that all of us named as trolls have had our posting privileges withdrawn. > > Oh, hold on, we haven’t. Could that be a clue for the dipshits who have dubbed us trolls that it’s all in their dumb heads and that they represent a tiny minority of liberals here, rabid and spit-fleckled though that minority be? If you can’t handle being called a troll, you should take your dainty self out of the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/313 "2017-01-24T12:35:41Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Read the OP. You have an affinity for the OP’s point of view so his or her well poisoning at the very start isn’t even noticed! How should someone respond to a topic in which the very first post is a series of ad-hominem attacks on a political figure that that someone may be in favor of? The tone was set in the first post! > > Look how Bone moderated it. He apparently recognized that it just wasn’t clothahump threadshitting/trolling a thread that was productive and civil up until clothahump’s entrance. There wasn’t even a note or warning issued and if trolling in the Pit can get you banned you’d think obvious trolling outside the Pit would at least warrant a note for a poster instead of a general calm down for the thread if the mods thought it was appropriate. > > The thing is feelings you personally feel because you or your beliefs are the target of snark and jackassery are of course going to feel like a greater sin than the barbs thrown at the opposition that you may agree with. The empathy towards the target is generally less than one’s own irritation, aggravation, or pain. > > Let’s address the bigger question though. Is it desirable in a forum that allows attacks on some ideologies, politicians, and their supporters to somehow demand a subset of the membership be held to a higher standard? Why is it ok, on one hand, to call Trump supporters racist, misogynist, stupid, inbred, perverse, sadistic, evil, fascist, homophobic, xenophobic, didImissaphobic? and on the other hand referring to a liberal as a snowflake is trolling? > > We had a thread closed, no warning issued, where a member wanted to skullfuck children. I think we can deal with Clothahump and others saying snowflake, librul, and Democrat Party. > > Yes. I get it Clothahump annoys you. But aren’t there at least 200 other anti Donald Trump threads you can participate in? When you lose you whine about the moderation? Awesome, have a tissue. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/314 "2017-01-24T13:30:10Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Why are you obsessed? That’s not healthy. > > Anyway this is the pit. People say terrible stuff in the pit. Put on your big boy pants and deal with it, ignore it, or just don’t bother with the pit. I was naive about this place at first but after some time in this so-called ecosystem I have adapted to it. > > Even _terrible people.__shudders_ You okay with **Clothahump** ’s “wetback” stuff? Do you think it’s reasonable to call someone a bigot who defends the usage of ethnic slurs? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/315 "2017-01-24T13:42:19Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Calling all Mexicans wetbacks is incorrect usage of the term. The term is applied correctly to anyone who swims the Rio Grande and illegally enters the USA, regardless of country of origin, and as such is not an ethnic slur. Only people who look for things to be offended about think it is one. Ahh, the old “n\*\*\*\*r isn’t racist because it only applies to the bad ones” argument (also known as “not all black people are n\*\*\*\*\*s”). Haven’t heard that one in a while! Please, tell us more about your opinion on ethnic slurs. Is beaner not a slur since it only applies to people who eat beans? Maybe there aren’t any racial or ethnic slurs at all, since they can only apply to certain groups within an ethnic group (or some other sub-grouping)! ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/316 "2017-01-24T14:07:15Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > If you can’t handle being called a troll, you should take your dainty self out of the Pit. More fantasy, I’m sure you guys just pull things out your ass as you go along. Would I keep returning if I couldn’t handle it, shitforbrains? Try thinking about it, but do it slowly in case you hurt your head. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/317 "2017-01-24T14:28:54Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Trolling is in fact a bannable offense on this board, as witnessed of course by the fact that all of us named as trolls have had our posting privileges withdrawn. > > … Really? Humpy is clearly a troll. He posts inflammatory stuff to try to piss people off. OMG is just a party line retard who trolls unconsciously. Octopus is a lesser troll who thinks he’s demonstrating intelligence, not realizing the Dunning-Kurger effect fits him like an good suit. Only one is worthy of setting up a ban pool for. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/318 "2017-01-24T14:46:36Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Someone in another thread mentioned that you aren’t even American. Which begs the question: why are spending all this time and effort sticking your tongue up Trump’s filthy, diseased asshole? > > Oh, and how do you say “mommy’s basement” in your language? He says “mommy’s basement” in a slightly plummy tone. He’s English. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/319 "2017-01-24T15:39:18Z")
Although you people may not realize it what American Presidents do, for better or worse, has a profound effect on the world, which is why on this American board I interest myself in American politics. Another reason is that I have an adult son living in Kentucky. As for mama’s basement, I’m in my late 60s and my parents are long dead. Nice try though to inject hatred of the English into this, although perhaps its effect is a little muted by your using the English language to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646/320 "2017-01-24T16:06:51Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Ahh, the old “n\*\*\*\*r isn’t racist because it only applies to the bad ones” argument (also known as “not all black people are n\*\*\*\*\*s”). Haven’t heard that one in a while! Please, tell us more about your opinion on ethnic slurs. Is beaner not a slur since it only applies to people who eat beans? Maybe there aren’t any racial or ethnic slurs at all, since they can only apply to certain groups within an ethnic group (or some other sub-grouping)! Oh, this is priceless. It worked better than I thought, because you actually started a Pit thread on it. I’ll post my response there. And you ain’t gonna like it. Not one little bit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republitrolls/777646.md?page=17)