# Rude moderators **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 20, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849 "2003-01-20T20:10:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/81 "2003-01-21T13:57:37Z")
Were a moderator, except for TubaDiva, unilaterally to step up and say something like, “Sorry, NewGuy, I didn’t mean to be rude. I had a bad day. Just try to stay within the forum descriptions from now on,” I reckon the world might end. ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/82 "2003-01-21T14:04:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leander \* > How many times have you seen this type of post [ref Arnold Winkelried] by a mod? > If someone entered _my_ house and made a mistake, this is how I would greet them. Not with rudeness. And if any of my “housemates” decided to tear him a new one, I’d be ashamed of them. > > That’s how _I_ was brought up. **Leander** , in general I would agree with you. If a new member accidentally posted a General Question in CCC, then I would hope that **Arnold** would nicely move it. Likewise, if someone were to post a thoughtful “help my daughter choose a Science Fair experiment” thread in GQ, I would hope that **manhattan** would be charitable and gently move or suggest re-opening it to IMHO. However, the thread in question here was titled “I have a question”, and the sum total of the text was “Why are Latinas soooo hot?” No real thought put into the question at all. So we have 1. an inane question, 2. stupidly phrased 3. that the OP put very little thought into 4. and posted in the wrong forum. That’s four strikes by my count. If someone entered _my_ house and peed in the kitchen sink, I imagine I’d be a little snarky, too. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/83 "2003-01-21T14:57:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Progressive\_left \* > \*\*I am confident that all who have participated in this discussion > have been given a new outlook on the board and dare I say life. > I will leave you now, but remember Progressive\_left will always be with you in spirit. > > [The voice of our Narrator] > As a hush comes over the thread, Progressive\_left stands. > He comes down off of the stage, the audience erupts into applause. > He struggles to make his way to the exit past his adoring fans and converts. > Finally reaching the exit he stops, turns and prepares to impart one more gem to enrich the lives of the masses. > The crowd comes to an immediate silence. > Progressive\_left surveys the thread and says, “Fuck you snot-nosed little elitist pricks”. > With that Progressive\_left exits the thread, off to fight ignorance, intolerance, racism, bigotry > and most importantly to hit on Latinas who he thinks are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hot. \*\* [Standing ovation.] Encore! Encore! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/84 "2003-01-21T15:01:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leander \* > \*\*Seriously, what is it about you guys that gets pleasure out of being rude and nasty? \*\* For a namecaller you sure are sensitive. Maybe you should stop throwing all those rocks in that glass house of yours, or at least stop complaining about the drafts. For the OP- Given the quality of this OP, and the one you started in the wrong forum, you sure are off to a good start. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/85 "2003-01-21T15:17:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leander \* > **How many times have you seen this type of post by a mod? > If someone entered _my_ house and made a mistake, this is how I would greet them. Not with rudeness. And if any of my “housemates” decided to tear him a new one, I’d be ashamed of them.** Uh, leander? “Why is it _soooooooo_ hard to read the forum descriptions?” is not ‘tearing him a new one’. It is, at best, mild sarcasm. Not, I suppose, the gentlest way one could advise the poster of a serious _faux pas_, but not out of line with the overall tone of _The Straight Dope_ or of these associated boards … Eg., from [a classic amongst classics](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_016.html) : > [@](#): > > \*\*Dear Cecil: > > A friend pointed out a haunting secret tucked away in the depths of The Wizard of Oz. Way in the background at the end of the scene where the angry trees shake apples onto Dorothy, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow, you can see a man who is supposedly hanging himself … What is the story of this man? --James Leary, via the Internet\*\* > > Cecil replies: > > You may say: Cecil, why are you spending time on this obviously brain-damaged question? Yes, Cecil could have been gentler in his response. But then, he wouldn’t be the Cecil we all know and love, would we? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/86 "2003-01-21T15:27:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SCSimmons \* > Uh, leander? “Why is it _soooooooo_ hard to read the forum descriptions?” is not ‘tearing him a new one’. It is, at best, mild sarcasm. That’s how I had interpreted it. I would put it in line with someone tracking mud on your carpet, and you looking at the mess, then the person, and asking if your doormat looked too lovely to muss up in comparison. Perhaps not the most polite way to reply, but I doubt Miss Manners would faint dead away at hearing this, and after all, the rules of the household (including ‘no tracking in mud’) are posted on this house’s theoretical door. ---
**Author:** ![Progressive\_left](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@Progressive\_left](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Progressive_left)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/87 "2003-01-22T02:36:46Z")
> [@](#): > > **nor semi-literate whiners like the OP.** Miller, never has anyone labeled me semi-literate in all my life. Thank you, usually it’s illiterate or ignorant but, semi-literate, hell that’s a step up for me. Leander, I greatly appreciate you coming to my aid throughout this thread. If I were to ever meet you in person I would have no qualms about sitting down to have a drink with you or calling you friend. My head is starting to hurt with all this writing. Cool, I see from across the room that The Simpsons is about to start. It’s my understanding that Homer will say or do something stupid in this episode. You see Miller, The Simpsons is considered high culture in my home. ---
**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/88 "2003-01-22T14:55:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by leander \* > it appears that this board has become yet another place where people can anonymously flex their “snarky” muscles and vent any pent-up anger that they don’t have the courage to do in real life. Sir, your hypothesis is based upon false premises. **Manhattan** has no “pent-up anger;” he kicks puppies and clubs baby seals just before he logs on to moderate, thereby ensuring he can review posts in a calm and even-handed manner. Sua ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849/89 "2003-01-22T15:38:11Z")
No, no, you’ve got it backwards. He kicks baby seals and clubs puppies, just to confuse PETA. He’s a prick that way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rude-moderators/149849.md?page=4)