# The snowflakes are out in force **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 19, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182 "2016-12-19T21:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/161 "2016-12-22T05:00:33Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > I have literally no idea what possible value a poster a blinkered and fucking _stupid_ as **Clothahump** brings to this board. Similarly, I see little value to be gained from arguing with a pathological liar like **Doorhinge**. I think literally the only posts from **DrunkySmurf** I have ever seen that I couldn’t classify as blatant trolling were in the Hearthstone thread. These individuals offer next to nothing to this board, save perhaps pariahs to laugh at, and I seriously doubt the board would be worse off without them. … > > I literally do not understand for what purpose the powers that be keep these three festering headwounds around. They are immune to the fight against ignorance because they intentionally refuse to take part in it. I don’t know. From what I’ve seen over the years of my own sporadic participation, they are just shit stirring trolls. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/162 "2016-12-22T05:02:03Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I don’t know. From what I’ve seen over the years of my own sporadic participation, they are just shit stirring trolls. There’s 4 of them right now. They’ll disappear as soon as the impeachment proceedings start, or their disability benefits are cut by the Cheeto. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/163 "2016-12-22T05:02:28Z")
> [@Fubaya](#): > > To steal a line I saw somewhere online recently… You know what the call a bunch of snowflakes? An avalanche. > > And it’s on the way. > > … > We’ve all seen that stereotype “racist grandfather” who occasionally says something shocking, to which everyone says “Just don’t say anything. He’s old and set in his ways and won’t be with us much longer.” … and the rest of us mutter “why is it taking so long for him to drop dead” ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/164 "2016-12-22T05:03:32Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > There’s 4 of them right now. They’ll disappear as soon as the impeachment proceedings start, or their disability benefits are cut by the Cheeto. No, they’ll blame everyone else, same as always. And I’ll be there to rub the salt in the wounds. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/165 "2016-12-22T05:42:20Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > So, your solution is to have those you disagree with banned? I almost never agree with you. You’re not on that list. Probably because you aren’t this asshole: > [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > > Hahahaha. I couldn’t have said it better myself. > > And you’re still too stupid to spell my name correctly, but that’s not unexpected. > > Is this the best defense you have? To weakly demand that people who disagree with your particular style of horseshit should be exiled? You’re quite the elitist, aren’t you. And a coward. _Please, somebody, anybody, don’t let people disagree with me. Please don’t let them make me feel bad about myself. Again. Oh, lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, somebody please help me do what I can’t do for myself. Somebody please help me._ Bwahahahaha! > > Your arrogant attitude is why Hillary lost. Thank you. You convinced yourself that Hillary couldn’t lose. And now you’re embarrassed. Justifiably so, I might add. You allowed the pundits, polls, and pinheads to convince you that Hillary couldn’t lose. You allowed the media outlet newsreaders, and their specially selected guests, to convince you that Hillary couldn’t lose. You allowed comedians, and entertainers, to convince you that Hillary couldn’t lose. And now you can’t understand how the people you believed to be beneath you could kick your political ass. Shocking. :rolleyes: > > Stopping the conversation doesn’t stop people from voting. But you have no way of knowing that. Keep up the good work. Y’see, I made it a point to pick out what I see as the 4th-most-obnoxious poster on the board, **D’Anconia** , and contrast him with the three musketeers of _suck_ I mentioned above. I would not say this about a poster I had seen _anything_ of value from. Speaking of which. Hey **doorknob** , _everything you just said is completely fucking wrong_. I don’t want you gone because you disagree with me. If I did, I’d be asking for **HurricaneDitka** or **Bricker** to be banned, because those are the kind of conservatives where you actually have to _think_ about their arguments, and can’t just immediately spot an absurdity or a lie or a projection. That’s what I’m looking for here. Rational arguments. If it was just about making my side look good, I’d _love_ to have fucktards like you and **Clothy** around. No, I don’t like having you around because you’re a pathological liar who couldn’t hold an honest debate to save your fucking life, and pollute literally every thread you post in with your particular brand of projectile diarrhea. You’re a pathetic troll, and I’d rather have those fucking race realists the board banned a while back back - wrong and stupid and offensive as they were, they were more capable of honest debate and rational thought than you are. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/166 "2016-12-22T06:07:18Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > … and the rest of us mutter “why is it taking so long for him to drop dead” Yeah, on some level Grandpa knows this might be his last Christmas. So we’ve got to be careful not to let him alone with the younger grandkids–he likes to “grab.” His “gifts” are stingy & weird. He might get drunkenly unbalanced & crash into the table–wasting a bunch of the food. And he dislikes his daughter’s ban on smoking in her house–so he might fall asleep with a ciggy in the guest room & burn the place down. Unfortunately, it’s going to be a stressful & expensive holiday season. (I’m referring here to the senile values of The Donald & seemingly “saner” Republicans. I know plenty of physically older folks who can handle their spiked eggnog & still vote a straight Democratic ticket.) ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/167 "2016-12-22T07:18:05Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > As I said: TRUMP IS GOING TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT. It’s going to happen, there is nothing you can do to change that, so let’s roll up our sleeves and figure out what can be done to make this country a little less divisive. > Let’s not cut off our noses to spite our faces. Let’s not hope the worst possible for this country simply because Trump is in office and the Republicans have control of both houses. In short: LET’S NOT DO THE EXACT THING REPUBLICANS DID WHEN OBAMA GOT ELECTED! > > Let’s, dare I say, be the bigger party. How well has that worked for us the last 8 years? > [@Kimstu](#): > > Why? Surveys show that [a majority of US voters, especially younger voters, support having stricter gun control laws.](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/gun-control-measures-pollinggun-control-measures-polling-224953) > > I agree that more extreme positions like advocating a total gun ban or confiscation of specific currently legal weapons would get much less bipartisan support. **But most liberals don’t support those more extreme positions in the first place.** > > **Why should liberals move away from a principled reasonable position that most voters already agree with, just in the hope of seeming less “arrogant” to the minority of ignorant right-wing extremists?** Because the group of people who will never vote for a candidate if they make the slightest noise towards regulating weapons is a massive, cohesive block, and the group of people who will never vote for a candidate who doesn’t back gun control basically doesn’t exist. Yes, this really is a case of a certain group of single-issue-voters being more loud, populous, and obnoxious than their opposite. If many of the people in favor of gun control were single-issue gun control voters, you’d have a point. But they aren’t. Instead, there are a tiny handful of single-issue gun control voters, who will refuse to vote for any candidate who isn’t anti-gun, and almost all of them were die-hard liberals bound to vote for the Democrats or the Greens to begin with, so there’s little point in pandering to them. By contrast, there is apparently a very large number of single-issue gun rights voters, many of which come from varied backgrounds and may very well vote democrat if we didn’t want to take away their fucking fetish. There’s a clear political advantage in grabbing the vote from the fervent minority instead of hoping for the vote from the largely apathetic majority. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/168 "2016-12-22T16:03:37Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > …Speaking of which. (post shortened) Hahahaha. Why don’t you just ask for a “safe place” within the SDMB? You know, one of those safe places where you would be able to mouth various types of syphilis-induced blatherings without being subject to the observation of others. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/169 "2016-12-22T16:22:18Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > Hahahaha. Why don’t you just ask for a “safe place” within the SDMB? You know, one of those safe places where you would be able to mouth various types of syphilis-induced blatherings without being subject to the observation of others. Like when Pence goes to the theater? > [@](#): > > Posted by **Donald Trump** : > The Theater must always be a safe and special place.The cast of Hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, Mike Pence. Apologize! ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/170 "2016-12-22T16:49:43Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > > Hahahaha. Why don’t you just ask for a “safe place” within the SDMB? You know, one of those safe places where you would be able to mouth various types of syphilis-induced blatherings without being subject to the observation of others. Oi fuckface. I’mma try again. Nice and slow, no big words this time, just simple, easy, terms. I don’t want you to be banned because I don’t like your side. I want you to be banned because you lie all the time in debates and have \*never \*posted anything worth reading. Because you are a troll. Is that easier for your brain to understand? Of course not. Because given your post and the post you quoted, you either can’t read, or can’t respond without fucking lying. You shitweasel. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/171 "2016-12-22T16:53:01Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > > Hahahaha. Why don’t you just ask for a “safe place” within the SDMB? You know, one of those safe places where you would be able to mouth various types of syphilis-induced blatherings without being subject to the observation of others. There is such a place, its being universally “ignored”. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/172 "2016-12-22T18:16:48Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > I’mma try again. Nice and slow, no big words this time, just simple, easy, terms. > > I don’t want you to be banned… > I want you to be banned… (post shortened) Hahahaha. You’re a hoot. Have you found your safe place yet? Some place where you can babble/drool endlessly without being interrupted by a difference of opinion, or questions, or thought, or BE FORCED to communicate with anyone who isn’t a Hillary worshipper? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/173 "2016-12-22T18:21:36Z")
Honestly, if I was to run for Congress (hahaha), I’d swear before God to never touch Abortion or Guns. Sorry, I don’t care what your position is, I will not be involved with or vote for any legislation that touches current law on these matters. I’m sure that would upset a lot of one-issue anti-abortion voters, but there’s far more to running a nation than that concern. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/174 "2016-12-22T18:29:28Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > There is such a place, its being universally “ignored”. You speak as if you’re an essential part of my existence? How will I survive without a word from **elucidator**? How will I continue to get another good nights sleep? How will I manage to get three square meals a day? Personally, I don’t think I’ll have a problem. Hillary lost because the Hillary worshippers refused to listen to anyone but other Hillary worshippers. As a result, the Hillary worshippers were shocked, SHOCKED, that the very people who they thought had been bullied, harassed, and abused, into silence (well, the Hillary worshippers refused to hear them) still dared to vote, AND CHOSE TO VOTE CONTRARY TO HOW THE HILLARY WORSHIPPERS HAD DEMANDED THEY VOTE. :eek: Sucks to be you. Better luck next millennium. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/175 "2016-12-22T18:46:13Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > > Hahahaha. You’re a hoot. Have you found your safe place yet? Some place where you can babble/drool endlessly without being interrupted by a difference of opinion, or questions, or thought, or BE FORCED to communicate with anyone who isn’t a Hillary worshipper? And by shortening those two lines, you changed the meaning of the quote. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/176 "2016-12-22T18:49:26Z")
Gosh, isn’t changing quotes a violation of the board rules? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/177 "2016-12-22T18:52:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And by shortening those two lines, you changed the meaning of the quote. This is why it’s absolutely clear that he is simply trolling these threads. Nothing more than that. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/178 "2016-12-22T18:57:11Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > This is why it’s absolutely clear that he is simply trolling these threads. Nothing more than that. Right, and I was under the impression that stupid partisan trolls with nothing of value to offer typically got banned. Will someone tell me the difference between, say, **Pleks** and **doorhinge**? Is it that doorhinge hasn’t quite descended into the more obscene hate speech yet? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/179 "2016-12-22T19:00:24Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > > [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > > > I have literally no idea > > (post shortened) > > Hahahaha. I couldn’t have said it better myself. > [@doorhinge](#): > > > [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > > > I’mma try again. Nice and slow, no big words this time, just simple, easy, terms. > > > > I don’t want you to be banned… > > I want you to be banned… > > (post shortened) > > Hahahaha. You’re a hoot. Have you found your safe place yet? Some place where you can babble/drool endlessly without being interrupted by a difference of opinion, or questions, or thought, or BE FORCED to communicate with anyone who isn’t a Hillary worshipper? [Moderating] Altering quotes to change their meaning, as you did in these two posts, is against the board rules. That’ll be a warning for you. Don’t do this again. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182/180 "2016-12-22T19:25:26Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Right, and I was under the impression that stupid partisan trolls with nothing of value to offer typically got banned. Will someone tell me the difference between, say, **Pleks** and **doorhinge**? Is it that doorhinge hasn’t quite descended into the more obscene hate speech yet? I miss having **Lynn** around. She wouldn’t have tolerated this “acceptable level of trolling” bullshit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snowflakes-are-out-in-force/775182.md?page=10)