# Taking a break from the Dope **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306 "2017-11-11T10:19:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/1 "2017-11-11T10:19:49Z")
I’ve been participating for many years now, and it’s time to take a rest. There are many reasons, of course. I have other things to do. There’s a lot of mud been slung unfairly in my direction recently and I’ve been taking it too seriously and too personally. When it comes to politics, the Dope has stopped fighting ignorance and started to promote it. Dopers seem to feel that democracy is fine as long as the vote goes your way; sorry, but either you respect the results of a free democratic vote or you are a wannabe dictator. As for Trump, the Mods seem happy to permit unfounded accusations and speculation, false quotations, even a death threat. This place should be better than the likes of Free Republic, but isn’t. So I’m taking a break. I’ll be back after Christmas, if only to get my Death Pool list in. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/2 "2017-11-11T10:33:42Z")
I feel ya; I’ve stepped back from this place plenty of times, for some real world perspective. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/3 "2017-11-11T11:49:46Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Dopers seem to feel that democracy is fine as long as the vote goes your way; sorry, but either you respect the results of a free democratic vote or you are a wannabe dictator. Actually, Trump _lost_ the popular vote by a margin of 2.8 million votes. He is only President because of the outdated and convoluted Electoral College system, _not_ because of the will of the people. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/4 "2017-11-11T12:23:57Z")
A death threat when? Did you report it? ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/5 "2017-11-11T12:42:05Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > I feel ya; I’ve stepped back from this place plenty of times, for some real world perspective. Ditto. I’ve taken a few weeks off a few times, as their are certain subjects that the forum simply doesn’t do well. Even if you avoid the specific threads, the toxicity seems to leach into the forum as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/6 "2017-11-11T12:59:18Z")
Appreciate the heads up. We’ll have the search and rescue teams stand down. Here, let me get the door for you… Merry Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/7 "2017-11-11T14:42:29Z")
I don’t know if it’s the willful promotion of ignorance. I think some folks fail to realize that there are lots of liberal media sources spreading false information just as badly as Fox does. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/8 "2017-11-11T15:32:32Z")
So you’re leaving until the rest of us agree with you that Trump is doing a great job job as President? Good bye. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/9 "2017-11-11T15:40:07Z")
I’ve bailed out in the past when it got to be too big a slice of my life. I probably will again. IME it takes a couple months of cold turkey before you regain the perspective that what goes on here (both good and ill) doesn’t really matter. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/10 "2017-11-11T22:45:54Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I’ve been participating for many years now, and it’s time to take a rest. There are many reasons, of course. I have other things to do. There’s a lot of mud been slung unfairly in my direction recently and I’ve been taking it too seriously and too personally. When it comes to politics, the Dope has stopped fighting ignorance and started to promote it. Dopers seem to feel that democracy is fine as long as the vote goes your way; sorry, but either you respect the results of a free democratic vote or you are a wannabe dictator. As for Trump, the Mods seem happy to permit unfounded accusations and speculation, false quotations, even a death threat. This place should be better than the likes of Free Republic, but isn’t. > > So I’m taking a break. I’ll be back after Christmas, if only to get my Death Pool list in. Take all the time you need, there’s no rush for you to return. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/11 "2017-11-11T22:51:12Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > Take all the time you need, there’s no rush for you to return. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/12 "2017-11-12T00:50:19Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I’ve been participating for many years now, and it’s time to take a rest. There are many reasons, of course. I have other things to do. There’s a lot of mud been slung unfairly in my direction recently and I’ve been taking it too seriously and too personally. When it comes to politics, the Dope has stopped fighting ignorance and started to promote it. Dopers seem to feel that democracy is fine as long as the vote goes your way; sorry, but either you respect the results of a free democratic vote or you are a wannabe dictator. As for Trump, the Mods seem happy to permit unfounded accusations and speculation, false quotations, even a death threat. This place should be better than the likes of Free Republic, but isn’t. > > So I’m taking a break. I’ll be back after Christmas, if only to get my Death Pool list in. Back to pastures old, or fresh ones? The Guido comments, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/13 "2017-11-12T02:16:48Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I’ve been participating for many years now, and it’s time to take a rest. There are many reasons, of course. I have other things to do. There’s a lot of mud been slung unfairly in my direction recently and I’ve been taking it too seriously and too personally. When it comes to politics, the Dope has stopped fighting ignorance and started to promote it. Dopers seem to feel that democracy is fine as long as the vote goes your way; sorry, but either you respect the results of a free democratic vote or you are a wannabe dictator. As for Trump, the Mods seem happy to permit unfounded accusations and speculation, false quotations, even a death threat. This place should be better than the likes of Free Republic, but isn’t. > > So I’m taking a break. I’ll be back after Christmas, if only to get my Death Pool list in. 😢 please stay… ---
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/14 "2017-11-12T02:21:22Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > Take all the time you need, there’s no rush for you to return. But we want you to return when you are ready! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/15 "2017-11-12T05:47:59Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > 😢 please stay… Don’t be silly; he’s just having a pout, not actually leaving; we’re the only ones who’ll engage w/ him when he has a concern. He’ll try to limit himself to just reading but that won’t last, and before long we’ll hear from him how awful and unfair we’re being to a wealthy white man somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/16 "2017-11-12T05:58:33Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > please stay… This made me laugh my ass off. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2017, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/17 "2017-11-12T06:19:16Z")
If you’d just said you didn’t feel good posting here, and even if you talked about how you needed a break from what people say about you and all that, I’d be completely understanding. But you had to choose to make a swipe at everyone. You had to repeat the same accusations that have been shot down by the mods themselves. You were entirely right when it came to sexual misconduct. And it is ridiculous how at least one poster has been attacking you. But this sort of thing makes it end on a sour note, and pretty much guarantees you are going to come back to more of the same. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/18 "2017-11-12T07:26:33Z")
I hope you are not gone very long. See you soon. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/19 "2017-11-12T07:28:34Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > This place should be better than the likes of Free Republic, but isn’t. I actually read quite a bit off of Free Republic. For all its flaws, and there are many, this place is nowhere near that bad or willfully and maliciously blind. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306/20 "2017-11-12T14:49:44Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > If you’d just said you didn’t feel good posting here, and even if you talked about how you needed a break from what people say about you and all that, I’d be completely understanding. > > But you had to choose to make a swipe at everyone. > > \ > > [T]this sort of thing makes it end on a sour note, and pretty much guarantees you are going to come back to more of the same. Cue the end of the world, I agree with BigT. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-dope/801306.md?page=2)