# The Tighty Righty Surge or A Plague of Trogs **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 16, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872 "2008-09-16T19:02:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/1 "2008-09-16T19:02:35Z")
Is it just my imagination, a flashback, or some other organic misfiring of synapses? Does it seem to anybody else that the Board is experiencing another influcks from the hysterically rightward end of the spectrum? I dimly recall this sort of thing has happened before, and is usually mercifully brief, they arrive, they blither, they vanish. Yet I wonder what the causative thingy might be. Sun spots? Obama? Do other message boards recruit trolling teams to harrass the reality-based community? And why us, why couldn’t they wait for _Daily Kos_ or \*Move On \*to start over the bridge. Is it the recent move towards “free” posting, these suckas are too cheap to bother us if they have to pay? Is it seasonal, like the cicadas or head lice? Have they offered us any sort of ransom deal, they’ll go away if we give them some money, or lupins? Who are they? What do they want? When will they leave? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/2 "2008-09-16T19:19:17Z")
Lemme see if I can…ahem, elucidate that for ya, **luci**. It’s a surge. Now that the board is beginning to draw from the public at large, a more representative percentage of conservatives is beginning to appear. We still have a way to go of course, but the tide is turning and I’m [del]afraid[/del] hope that the days of the SDMB as a clique for rabid lefties are numbered. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/3 "2008-09-16T19:23:45Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > It’s a surge. Is this General Petraeus’ new assignment? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/4 "2008-09-16T19:26:46Z")
I bet most will actually be voting Obama, but it’s fun to piss off all the self-righteous nagging liberals. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/5 "2008-09-16T19:38:21Z")
As of my writing, Page 1 of the Pit is now showing about 10 threads that are anti-McCain or anti-Palin, vs. only 1, I think, that is anti-Obama. GD is running along similar lines. If there’s a rightward lurch, it’s not showing up in the number of threads. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/6 "2008-09-16T19:39:08Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > We still have a way to go of course, but the tide is turning and I’m [del]afraid[/del] hope that the days of the SDMB as a clique for rabid lefties are numbered. Yes, maybe there’ll be an equal mix of rabid lefties and righties. _Thoughtful_ posters will be in much shorter supply. I think I’ve seen exactly one new conservative in GD so far that’s had something interesting to say. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/7 "2008-09-16T19:40:05Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > I bet most will actually be voting Obama, but it’s fun to piss off all the self-righteous nagging liberals. Interestingly enough, there has never been a recorded case of self righteousness or nagging by the conservatives. At the last convention they only had nice things to say about their opponents, then had warm cocoa with marshmallows while they sat around singing Kumbaya. The weekly lovefest that is Fox News alone leaves me feeling warm and fuzzy all day. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/8 "2008-09-16T19:44:31Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Lemme see if I can…ahem, elucidate that for ya, **luci** … What a novel and clever play on my username! Haven’t heard that one all day! Been a pretty good day… ---
**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:** [September 16, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/9 "2008-09-16T19:44:38Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > …, they’ll go away if we give them some money, or lupins? What, you mean the flower “lupin”? What do you think this is, the Lupin Express?? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/10 "2008-09-16T19:45:09Z")
I think the return to free posting is bringing them back. I welcome them. Disagreement is the gasoline of the SDMB. Without it, it just lays there. If I wanted to post in an echo chamber, I’d go to Kos or Free Republic. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/11 "2008-09-16T19:50:31Z")
If this were a right-leaning board, there would be lefty trolls joining up in quantity. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Svinlesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@Mr.Svinlesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Svinlesha)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/12 "2008-09-16T20:02:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*It’s a surge. Now that the board is beginning to draw from the public at large, a more representative percentage of conservatives is beginning to appear. > > We still have a way to go of course, but the tide is turning and I’m afraid hope that the days of the SDMB as a clique for rabid lefties are numbered.\* D’ja hear that? YEE-HAR! IT’S HUNTIN’ SEASON! ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/13 "2008-09-16T20:08:27Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > a more representative percentage of conservatives is beginning to appear. But are they representative of the GOP mindset? If so, be afraid. Be very afraid. An aside. Are they fiscally conservative (as opposed to GWB) since they didn’t want to P2P? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/14 "2008-09-16T20:14:27Z")
Hey, I’m serious, or sort of semi-serious, not important enough to be serious about, but I’m not making shit up, or anything. Just seems like we’re bumping along pretty much normal-like, then suddenly there’s about half-a-dozen or so of them, beamed down like an away team from Star Trek, except all expendable ensigns. A very few stick around to be permanent fixtures, mostly, they just take a good hard drubbing and piss off. It appears to have a cyclical nature, but I’m curious as to what triggers it, or if anything triggers it at all. Not gonna name names, that would be rude, and you all know me as the very soul of civility and reasoned discourse. Yes, you do, don’t give me that look… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/15 "2008-09-16T20:16:02Z")
> [@Charlie\_Tan](#): > > …Are they fiscally conservative (as opposed to GWB) since they didn’t want to P2P? A good question, do they do the pay-toilet limbo? ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/16 "2008-09-16T20:16:15Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > At the last convention they only had nice things to say about their opponents, then had warm cocoa with marshmallows while they sat around singing Kumbaya. Oh, man. When I heard those Republicans saying they wanted to bring more hot chocolate to the convention this year, I got a _completely_ incorrect impression. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/17 "2008-09-16T21:07:21Z")
I’m not sure that it’s just the conservative extremists that are coming back. I recently had the pleasure of seeing someone, with all apparent sincerity, accuse **TVeblen** of being a mindless drone of a neo-con. :eek: I think that there are a lot of people coming back with the removal of P2P who wouldn’t have ante-ed up before that. I suspect that part of what you’re seeing, **elucidator** , may be attributable to selection bias. IOW, it’s not _just_ a Tighty Righty surge, but a surge all along the spectrum. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/18 "2008-09-16T21:10:28Z")
This place was better when it was more like a country club-- we need to keep the rabble out. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/19 "2008-09-16T21:11:03Z")
I thought most of them were old members who quit when we went to P2P because they were too [del]Libertarian[/del] cheap to pay. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872/20 "2008-09-16T21:27:40Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > This place was better when it was more like a country club-- we need to keep the rabble out. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tighty-righty-surge-or-a-plague-of-trogs/463872.md?page=2)