# Stifling debate without justification **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 27, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stifling-debate-without-justification/978905 "2023-01-27T16:13:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stifling-debate-without-justification/978905/7 "2023-01-27T16:44:16Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > I wasn’t telling anybody else what to do or what not to do. You misinterpreted what I said very badly. I accept that this was not your intent, but perhaps rather than lecturing me that I misinterpreted you “very badly” you should examine whether you expressed yourself clearly when you said: “My intent **for this thread** …” That sounds very much like an OP specifying the intended scope of their thread. It looks to me that @Acsenray interpreted your post in just the same way I did, specifying scope. > [@All Americans need education in Black studies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-americans-need-education-in-black-studies/978888/3): > > My intent for this thread is to keep a laser focus on Black studies. > [@All Americans need education in Black studies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-americans-need-education-in-black-studies/978888/4): > > I made that a parenthetical and I hope it doesn’t derail your intent. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stifling-debate-without-justification/978905)._