# So being a Republican on this board is now "trolling"? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 11, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250 "2016-10-11T16:14:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/1 "2016-10-11T16:14:59Z")
So **billfish678** said this: > [@](#): > > Stuff like this is almost why I hope Trump wins… [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19685996&postcount=18](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19685996&postcount=18) and **Colibri** said this: > [@](#): > > Moderator Warning > > On reading through this again, this is blatant trolling. This is an official warning. Do not troll in ATMB (or anywhere else on the board). > > Colibro [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19686079&postcount=24](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19686079&postcount=24) So, uh, what gives? Am I misreading this thing or does it look like what it looks like? If I came out and said I was voting for Trump would I get a warning? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/2 "2016-10-11T16:25:27Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > If I came out and said I was voting for Trump would I get a warning? Probably not unless you worked really hard at it. I’m reading it more as that post, in a fair succession of posts, is an example of how he crossed the line. I like **Bill** and a lot of what he’s had to say but that whole thread looked like him cruising for a bruising and he finally got it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/3 "2016-10-11T16:35:59Z")
Why on Earth is he quoting himself in that post? He’s so fed up with what he’s saying, that he’s going to vote Trump (and what does Trump have to do with that, anyway?)? ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/4 "2016-10-11T16:37:54Z")
I read it more as you’re all wrong and you suck and that’s why i almost hope trump wins. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/5 "2016-10-11T16:38:55Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > So **billfish678** said this: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19685996&postcount=18](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19685996&postcount=18) > and **Colibri** said this: > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19686079&postcount=24](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19686079&postcount=24) > > So, uh, what gives? Am I misreading this thing or does it look like what it looks like? > > If I came out and said I was voting for Trump would I get a warning? _Context_ dude, context. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/6 "2016-10-11T17:01:13Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > So, uh, what gives? Am I misreading this thing or does it look like what it looks like? You are misreading it. The remark had nothing to do with the original thread or **billfish’s** complaint. It was completely inappropriate for ATMB. > [@](#): > > If I came out and said I was voting for Trump would I get a warning? Of course not, if it was in a political thread or some other appropriate context. I believe others have said that and not received repercussions. However, if you popped into GQ and posted it in a thread about physics or chemistry it would be trolling and you might be warned for it. **billfish** apparently said he “almost hoped Trump wins” because he received a mod note for insults on a message board. This is clearly ridiculous and an obvious attempt to yank chains. Besides that, in his other replies to the thread he had been trolling anyway. He claimed we were “circling the wagons” although only one mod (me) had addressed the complaint. He dared us to ban him. He told us to “kiss my shiny metal ass.” It was obvious he wasn’t making a serious complaint, but trying to be as obnoxious as possible. I told him this was trolling when I closed the thread. He could have been warned for his general behavior; I just chose to quote the most egregious example in issuing the warning. ATMB is available for the purpose of allowing posters to complain about moderator actions. Using it to play the fool and taunt the mods is an abuse of system. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/7 "2016-10-11T17:54:38Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Besides that, in his other replies to the thread he had been trolling anyway. He claimed we were “circling the wagons” although only one mod (me) had addressed the complaint. He dared us to ban him. He told us to “kiss my shiny metal ass.” It was obvious he wasn’t making a serious complaint, but trying to be as obnoxious as possible. I told him this was trolling when I closed the thread. He could have been warned for his general behavior; I just chose to quote the most egregious example in issuing the warning. Sounds like the usual ‘Suicide by Mod’ behavior. Unfortunate. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/8 "2016-10-11T18:10:01Z")
I thought it was good moderation. Especially since he’s done thus before. Merely closing threads wasn’t getting through. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/9 "2016-10-11T18:16:01Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Sounds like the usual ‘Suicide by Mod’ behavior. Unfortunate. I always wonder about posters who dare us to ban them, as if there would be some negative consequences to us if we did. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/10 "2016-10-11T18:17:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I always wonder about posters who dare us to ban them, as if there would be some negative consequences to us if we did. Slight hangover from the party thrown? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/11 "2016-10-11T19:52:57Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I always wonder about posters who dare us to ban them, as if there would be some negative consequences to us if we did. “Oh, you’re going to kick me out because I’m setting fire to the place! Figures! WHY CAN’T YOU SEE MY CRY FOR HELP!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Methyl_Ethyl_Death)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/12 "2016-10-11T19:57:12Z")
He should have received TWO warnings. One for the trolling, and one for misquoting Bender. It’s “Bite my shiny metal ass!” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/13 "2016-10-11T20:15:25Z")
Ok, so it looks like I r the dum-dum and misunderstood what was going on. My bad. > [@Chimera](#): > > “Oh, you’re going to kick me out because I’m setting fire to the place! Figures! WHY CAN’T YOU SEE MY CRY FOR HELP!!!” Kudos to you Sir. You’ve turned my frown inside out. > [@Methyl\_Ethyl\_Death](#): > > He should have received TWO warnings. > > One for the trolling, and one for misquoting Bender. It’s “Bite my shiny metal ass!” > > 🙂 Or the more opulent Golden Bender: [Bite my Glorious Golden Ass!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ob-RacmhM) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/14 "2016-10-11T20:29:57Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > He claimed we were “circling the wagons” although only one mod (me) had addressed the complaint. [Circling the wagons with just one wagon.](http://makeagif.com/2KGo9R) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/15 "2016-10-11T21:15:40Z")
Who is “ **Colibro** ”? Is that **Colibri’s** evil, fratboy twin? **Moderating:** That will earn you a warning, bro’! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/16 "2016-10-11T21:18:50Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Who is “ **Colibro** ”? Is that **Colibri’s** evil, fratboy twin? Wouldn’t that have to be his \*good \*twin?? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/17 "2016-10-11T21:33:01Z")
Isn’t Colibro the helmet Ed Zotti wears when he wants to contact all the moderators on Earth? ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/18 "2016-10-11T21:36:24Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I always wonder about posters who dare us to ban them, as if there would be some negative consequences to us if we did. My guess is the implication is that unjust banning would lead to posters leaving maybe splintering a board and if enough people do so what’s the point of a message board with few posters? That said outside of rare circumstances most posters don’t have that level of popularity to cause even a minor exodus to a splinter board. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/19 "2016-10-12T02:04:41Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > [Circling the wagons with just one wagon.](http://makeagif.com/2KGo9R) Somehow I knew it was going to be that clip. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250/20 "2016-10-12T02:39:34Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > My guess is the implication is that unjust banning would lead to posters leaving maybe splintering a board and if enough people do so what’s the point of a message board with few posters? That said outside of rare circumstances most posters don’t have that level of popularity to cause even a minor exodus to a splinter board. Or they’re implying that at least there would be some kind of protest or blowback from their banning. In my experience, the general reaction of posters to the banning of an “I dare you to ban me” type has been rejoicing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-being-a-republican-on-this-board-is-now-trolling/768250.md?page=2)