# Should the SDMB have an affirmative action policy for the conservative minority?

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**Created:** [October 8, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sdmb-have-an-affirmative-action-policy-for-the-conservative-minority/733927 "2015-10-08T14:43:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sdmb-have-an-affirmative-action-policy-for-the-conservative-minority/733927/36 "2015-10-08T20:46:05Z")

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> [@Merneith](#):
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> Who cares what we call it? Bottom line is - the important thing, to you, is that we should be hiring conservative mods in order to protect conservative posters.

I have already addressed this claim of yours:

> [@Terr and BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terr-and-brainglutton/733406/376):
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> Yes, that’s a somewhat accurate statement. I believe that conservatives get the short end of the stick here, and I believe one method to reverse that inequity would be more conservative moderators. I say “somewhat” because I think that “that’s what you actually arguing for” is not a fair summary. I am actually arguing for the existence of the inequitable treatment; the recruitment of a more politically balanced moderation staff is one possible cure and I am not arguing for it specifically.

As you, and hopefully every reader, can see, your summary of my position was addressed by me earlier. In that response I explicitly said that adding more conservative moderators was “one possible cure” and I was “not arguing for it specifically.”

In this post #33, though, you again claim that the important thing to me is that we should be hiring conservative mods in order to protect conservative posters, despite the fact that I explicitly said otherwise.

Someone reading only this post might inaccurately conclude that you were quoting me, or that your summary of my position was based on a post in which I said substantially the same things you attribute to me. Such a conclusion would be wrong; that person would be reaching an incorrect conclusion about my position, based on your summary. Isn’t that right?

So knowing that this outcome is possible, even likely, why would you undertake to ignore my words and substitute your own, and then attribute the result to me?

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