# Revisiting the BBQ Pit- Boon or Bane? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 16, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-the-bbq-pit-boon-or-bane/944413 "2021-06-16T17:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 137
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-the-bbq-pit-boon-or-bane/944413/137 "2021-06-17T19:16:27Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > I think it is significant to note that one’s presence and participation in the Pit is totally voluntary. Just below your post in my feed for ‘related’ topics was this: > [@I Pit UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-vires-is-a-vile-human-being-and-a-waste-of-oxygen/944477): > > Ultra Vires is a vile human being and a waste of oxygen Why is this decades-long racist troll still permitted to post here? I checked, and UltraVires has not participated in that thread. I’d say his presence in the pit is not at all voluntary. He has to stare at that thread title constantly and either respond and defend himself which will generate even more attacks, or let those attacks just continue undefended and have his reputation on the board damaged. I make no claim regarding whether the pitting is warranted, but clearly if you are disliked on this board you are going to have to deal with your name being dragged through the pit whether or not you want it. I also think we have some people here who make it their mission to drive away people who in their opinion have ‘problematic’ views, as a form of deplatforming. If they can get one of those posters to leave the Straight Dope, it’s high fives all around. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revisiting-the-bbq-pit-boon-or-bane/944413)._