# RikWriter is a stupid, pathetic, miserable coward **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874 "2006-07-01T17:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/1 "2006-07-01T17:16:27Z")
It’s long past time for me to pit **RikWriter.** He (I presume male gender) posts his dumbass right-wing political and social judgments in Cafe Society as if it were GD. Almost always an unsupported hit-and-run asservation – like **Clothahump,** only worse. He never backs up his positions with anything but meaningless repetition, and you if you call him on it he’ll slink away. And he never, ever dares to stick his nose into GD. He’s a totally irresponsible intellectual coward. A heckler minus the dignity. Put up or shut up, **Rik.** Quit posting about things you obviously know nothing about. ---
**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 1, 2006, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/2 "2006-07-01T17:20:07Z")
Do we have a cite for this, or is it just a general rant? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/3 "2006-07-01T17:53:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Do we have a cite for this, or is it just a general rant? Ya want me to link to every CS thread where both **Rik** and I have posted? (We’ve never faced off in any other forum, despite my repeated challenges/invitations.) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/4 "2006-07-01T17:55:48Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Ya want me to link to every CS thread where both **Rik** and I have posted? (We’ve never faced off in any other forum, despite my repeated challenges/invitations.) Well, there was [url=][http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=276823this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=276823this) Pit thread in 2004 – but it **started** in CS. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/5 "2006-07-01T17:57:25Z")
No, I don’t want you to link to every thread that you’ve both posted to. But one, two, or a half dozen example threads for me to read will make me a lot more likely to agree with you, rather than decide you are just being whiny. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/6 "2006-07-01T18:04:38Z")
Sorry, [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=276823) Pit thread. But I didn’t really start to get fed up with the creep until [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=363696) thread. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/7 "2006-07-01T18:17:44Z")
Here’s a couple more: > **[Here I go again. South Park hates Liberals, and I hate South Park(not...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=312077)** > > Well, in the past, I have discussed Episodes of South Park I thought had a negative message. I like occasional episodes, and I loved the movie, but lately it just seems to be getting nastier, and nastier. Some have said the goal is to offend... > **[Boondocks-- MLK would be ashamed of us!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354379)** > > You bunch of triffling, shiftless niggas! BET is the worse channel in history! Martin Luther King as Bill Cosby. Who do you think will complain about this episode more, blacks or whites? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/8 "2006-07-01T18:18:26Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Sorry, [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=276823) Pit thread. Um, sweetie? Why the hell would you start that sort of thing anywhere other than the pit? That’s pure dumbass **left** -wing political and social judgments in Cafe Society by **you!** Not to mention that it was two years ago! Got anything recent? The V-for-Vendetta thread ranks a big “meh.” from me. He certainly wasn’t the only one making political hay out of a political movie - though by virtue of being the first response, he was indeed first. I remain unconvinced. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/9 "2006-07-01T18:19:27Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Here’s a couple more: > > [Here I go again. South Park hates Liberals, and I hate South Park(not completely, t) - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=312077) > > [Boondocks-- MLK would be ashamed of us! - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=354379) Still political threads started by someone else. The left-wing OPs are OK, but the right-wing responses aren’t? Bored now. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/10 "2006-07-01T18:29:10Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Still political threads started by someone else. The left-wing OPs are OK, but the right-wing responses aren’t? Would be OK – if he could back them up. If he would even try. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/11 "2006-07-01T18:31:41Z")
You have much to learn about grabbing and holding your audience, **BrainGlutton**. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/12 "2006-07-01T18:40:51Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Would be OK – if he could back them up. If he would even try. It’s _Cafe Society_–he doesn’t have to back them up. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/13 "2006-07-01T18:57:07Z")
[RikWriter and I had a nice back-and-forth going not too long ago.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7001934#post7001934) So, yeah. I understand your frustration with dude 'cuz he had me going, too. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/14 "2006-07-01T20:09:53Z")
> [@Manda JO](#): > > It’s _Cafe Society_–he doesn’t have to back them up. But that’s my point. He pops into CS, posts you’re-full-of-shit political statements of the kind that belong in GD, then can’t or won’t answer when called on them. It’s like charging into someone else’s fight, throwing a random punch – slap, really – and running away. Over and over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/15 "2006-07-01T20:25:34Z")
> [@Manda JO](#): > > It’s _Cafe Society_–he doesn’t have to back them up. I disagree with that entirely. CS is a debate board, and you can’t have a debate if there’s nothing presented that you can argue against. “That was a good movie,” isn’t a debatable position. It’s pure opinion with no support, and as such, a rhetorical dead-end. Obviously, any posting about the quality of a movie (or any other work of art) is going to be purely opinion, but if one presents an opinion and _the reasoning behind that opinion_, other people can engage your arguments and you can get some sort of a fruitful discussion out of it. **RikWriter** very, very rarely does this. The bulk of his posts are little more eloquent than, “You’re wrong.” Which is useless enough on its own, but when posted as a “rebuttal” to a carefully considered and argued opinion, it’s frustrating and slightly insulting. Although in fairness, **RikWriter** does it so regularly and so predictably, that it’s almost funny. Anytime anyone says something bad about the _Lord of the Rings_ movies, or _Saving Private Ryan_, he’s almost guaranteed to pop up with a one-sentence post informing the poster that their opinion on the movie is somehow factually incorrect. He’s like Bloody Mary. Say, “Peter Jackson is a hack,” three times to a mirror in a darkened room, and he’ll appear! ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/16 "2006-07-01T20:27:47Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > But that’s my point. He pops into CS, posts you’re-full-of-shit political statements of the kind that belong in GD, then can’t or won’t answer when called on them. It’s like charging into someone else’s fight, throwing a random punch – slap, really – and running away. Over and over and over. Except, at least in the links you posted, it seems to always be in threads that began a heavily political. It’s not the same as jumping into a “Whatcha reading?” thread and attacking other people’s choices as being part of the liberal conspiracy. I agree that the fact that he doesn’t take it to GD enoucrages one to question whether he has the courage of his convictions. But,l IMHO at least, it’s weak behavior but not really pittable. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/17 "2006-07-01T20:40:05Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I disagree with that entirely. CS is a debate board, and you can’t have a debate if there’s nothing presented that you can argue against. “That was a good movie,” isn’t a debatable position. It’s pure opinion with no support, and as such, a rhetorical dead-end. Obviously, any posting about the quality of a movie (or any other work of art) is going to be purely opinion, but if one presents an opinion and _the reasoning behind that opinion_, other people can engage your arguments and you can get some sort of a fruitful discussion out of it. **RikWriter** very, very rarely does this. The bulk of his posts are little more eloquent than, “You’re wrong.” Which is useless enough on its own, but when posted as a “rebuttal” to a carefully considered and argued opinion, it’s frustrating and slightly insulting. Although in fairness, **RikWriter** does it so regularly and so predictably, that it’s almost funny. Anytime anyone says something bad about the _Lord of the Rings_ movies, or _Saving Private Ryan_, he’s almost guaranteed to pop up with a one-sentence post informing the poster that their opinion on the movie is somehow factually incorrect. He’s like Bloody Mary. Say, “Peter Jackson is a hack,” three times to a mirror in a darkened room, and he’ll appear! Again, I think it’s more pathetic that pittable. and if there are that many posts of such a type, I wish the OP had dug them up rather than five posts in four years, all of which are regarding political opinions, not artistic ones. And if someone isn’t annoying enough to be worth digging up more threads, they aren’t annoying enough to pit. I don’t go into GD much (or at least don’t post there much) because I don’t, frankly, want to do the research to really hold my own there. I don’t have the passion for it. You can’t expect to make any throw away comment in there and not be prepared to defend it or concede the point–and I respect that even if I don’t like to play. I think that CS and IMHO have a higher tolerance for flippant remarks and throw-away comments–especially when they are veering off topic. I do think that threads fulll of reasoned opinions in CS or IMHO are vastly more interesting, and I tend to lightly skim over the others–which may be why I’ve never really noticed **RikWriter**. But from the links provided, I don’t see that what he does is any worse than the people that post a 20 item unannotated list in a “favorites” thread or “Saw it. Wasn’t thrilled. Popcorn was ok” post in a movie thread. It’s pointless, it doesn’t add anything, it makes him look silly, but it’s not like doing the same thing in GD. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/18 "2006-07-01T23:01:30Z")
[This,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=377845) BTW, is the one where we’ve been going at it most recently. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/19 "2006-07-02T00:05:52Z")
As far as I can tell, **RikWriter** made a casual, off-the-cuff, dismissive comment and you jumped all over him, derailing the thread. And you don’t even agree with the post about which the comment was made! Sadly, I am forced to conclude that the behavior in question, while obviously annoying to you, is a little low on the outrage level. Your posts in that thread come a lot closer to explaining why you don’t like him than your posts in this thread do. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/20 "2006-07-02T00:26:49Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > It’s long past time for me to pit **RikWriter.** He (I presume male gender) posts his dumbass right-wing political and social judgments in Cafe Society as if it were GD. Almost always an unsupported hit-and-run asservation – like **Clothahump,** only worse. Bite me, BG. You want to pick a fight with Rik, go ahead. Leave me out of your stupidity while you do it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874.md?page=2)