# This thread should have been moved to the Pit based on the OP alone **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 13, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746 "2013-09-13T04:15:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/21 "2013-09-13T12:49:48Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I just don’t see it. The OP gloated a little about the election results, but that’s not out of the ordinary. It’s a legitimate debate topic, the post was civil, it wasn’t a rant, and there aren’t any insults. You are correct. The OP is completely typical for the GD or Elections forum. However, you got it wrong when you warned both **BrainGlutton** and **Bob Blaylock** despite only one of them being insulting and out of line. **Bob Blaylock** posted what he thought about anti gun advocates: > [@](#): > > The only people who are made safer as a result of gun control are criminals and tyrants. If you support gun control then that is whose side you are on. **BrainGlutton** responded with insults: > [@](#): > > The stupid . . . it not only burns, but rots and decays. Seriously, since you are apparently capable of typing and spelling the above, you cannot seriously believe a single word of what you so utterly shamelessly say. **BrainGlutton** is the only one who deserved a warning there. Not Bob. > [@Colorado Recall Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-recall-elections/668555/99): > > Warnings to both of you here. If some posters are incapable of discussing this issue civilly, they’ll get warned and be told to take their shtick to the appropriate forum. I’m not moving every gun-related thread to the Pit so people can rant and rave. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/22 "2013-09-13T13:02:12Z")
> [@Debaser](#): > > However, you got it wrong when you warned both **BrainGlutton** and **Bob Blaylock** despite only one of them being insulting and out of line. I might have overlooked **Bob Blaylock** ’s post if I hadn’t already issued a mod note (quoting **Bob Blaylock** ) about many other insulting posts in that thread: > [@Colorado Recall Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-recall-elections/668555/64): > > To be clear, all advocates of any gun control, without exception, fall into two categories… > > [ol][li]Those who are willfully on the side of tyrants and criminals, and who wish to disarm the general population in order to make them easier prey for the tyrants and criminals. They may claim that they support such laws for the sake of public safety, but they are flat-out lying when they make such claims. They know very well that gun control laws, at best, do nothing to promote public safety, and in fact, tend to make the public less safe.[/li] > …or… > [li]Those who are ignorant and gullible, and who believe the lies told by the first group.[/ol][/li] > It is well worth noting that those who most support gun control laws, and who claim to do so in the name of “fighting crime”, are generally the same people who most strongly oppose any genuine efforts to fight crime, such as tougher sentences for genuine violent criminals. > [@Colorado Recall Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-recall-elections/668555/89): > > I could quote the rest of this post and about half the posts that came after it as examples of rules violations. Instead I will say one more time that this isn’t the forum for ranting and raving and insulting people. If you want to start a Pit thread, have at it. But if you want to call people liars and fools and dopes and killers, you can’t do it in this forum. I will be handing out warnings to people who “forget” this rule. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/23 "2013-09-13T13:54:40Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Yeah, I think you’re on your own here, **BG**. Not seeing the pittability in the OP. Hate to pile on, but I’m climbing onto the pile. Though I disagree with every word of that OP, including “and” and “the,” it’s not a Pit thread OP. Smug, misguided and full of wrong, yes. But it’s not a rant or a personal attack. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/24 "2013-09-13T14:12:01Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > No, in other words, “Even though there’s already a fight in the thread in question, I’m going to pretend that you are the one wanting a fight because you said you’d enjoy watching one. That way I can get righteously indignant.” Yeah, I don’t really care about all that. I was just trying to explain the phrase for him, since he sincerely didn’t seem to understand it. Wasn’t siding with or against him or anything. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/25 "2013-09-13T14:32:21Z")
If you have a problem with a poster, TAKE IT TO THE PIT. Do not vent or snipe or otherwise slap at one another in About This Message Board. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/26 "2013-09-13T14:56:52Z")
> [@Debaser](#): > > You are correct. The OP is completely typical for the GD or Elections forum. > > However, you got it wrong when you warned both **BrainGlutton** and **Bob Blaylock** despite only one of them being insulting and out of line. First, can anyone tell me if there’s a way to highlight text on aniPad so I can more easily selectively quote posts? Second, Bob told me that I am either ignorant and gullible, or I am willfully on the side of criminals and tyrants. It’s bizarre to suggest that is not an insult. ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/27 "2013-09-13T15:56:34Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > First, can anyone tell me if there’s a way to highlight text on aniPad so I can more easily selectively quote posts? You should be able to hold your finger on the text and eventually it will highlight. But iPads work in mysterious ways, especially with older versions of browsers. > [@](#): > > Second, Bob told me that I am either ignorant and gullible, or I am willfully on the side of criminals and tyrants. It’s bizarre to suggest that is not an insult. He said that of anyone who is opposed to gun rights. That’s quite a different thing than calling you out specifically as you did to him. Your post was also far more insulting than his in it’s content as well. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/28 "2013-09-13T16:52:25Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Yeah, I don’t really care about all that. I was just trying to explain the phrase for him, since he sincerely didn’t seem to understand it. Wasn’t siding with or against him or anything. I don’t need you explaining a damn thing to me, thanks anyway. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/29 "2013-09-13T17:07:27Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I don’t know what you’re talking about. > [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > “Let’s you and him fight” is a phrase people use to mock people who instigate fights but don’t want to start a fight for themselves. In other words, he is saying, if you want a pit thread, make it yourself. > [@levdrakon](#): > > I don’t need you explaining a damn thing to me, thanks anyway. Ohhhh. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/30 "2013-09-13T17:08:42Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > First, can anyone tell me if there’s a way to highlight text on aniPad so I can more easily selectively quote posts? I usually start by quoting the whole post. Then tap one word in a section I want to delete, tap again and “select” comes up. When it selects, you have blue slider buttons that you can use to select a block of text, then hit “cut” to get rid of it. Pain in the ass, if you ask me, I don’t like posting when i’m on an iPad. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/31 "2013-09-13T17:27:38Z")
If the OP wants to call someone names simply because he disagrees with said someones politics he should just start a Pit thread. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/32 "2013-09-13T18:49:06Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > If you have a problem with a poster, TAKE IT TO THE PIT. > > Do not vent or snipe or otherwise slap at one another in About This Message Board. While I whole-heartedly agree, I also Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there every time I see this instruction in a thread in ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/33 "2013-09-13T20:20:10Z")
I’ll just join the chorus. Its an OP you just greatly disagree with. You should be able to respond within the rules. If you don’t wish to there is a place for that too. I just don’t get the point of this thread. But since all you provided was a thread title and a link I don’t think you thought too deeply about it. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/34 "2013-09-13T20:28:11Z")
You know what I don’t like? \*\*Marley \*\*saying “I’m not moving every gun thread to the pit!” What I think he means is, “I move threads I don’t like to the pit, or I moderate everyone who says something I don’t like.” Wah. I gave up on the stupid gun news of the day thread in the pit awhile ago, but I’m back in it because despite how boring and repetitive it’s gotten, there are still thoughtful posters in there on both sides having a discussion around the usual pit crew. Some of the best conversations take place in the pit. Am I wrong? We don’t need \*\*Marley \*\*enforcing his personal whims on the pit. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/35 "2013-09-13T20:42:52Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > You know what I don’t like? \*\*Marley \*\*saying “I’m not moving every gun thread to the pit!” > > What I think he means is, “I move threads I don’t like to the pit, or I moderate everyone who says something I don’t like.” > > Wah. No, I mean this thread doesn’t belong in the Pit. The OP stated the topic in a way that was civil and totally acceptable for the forum, and most of the responses were also OK. If a couple of posters can’t discuss gun laws without insulting each other or breaking the rules, _they_ need to stop. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/36 "2013-09-13T20:47:13Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > We don’t need \*\*Marley \*\*enforcing his personal whims on the pit. I don’t understand your complaint; that’s not what he’s doing. He’s using his moderatorial judgment on a thread in Elections. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/37 "2013-09-13T22:26:55Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > I don’t understand your complaint; that’s not what he’s doing. He’s using his moderatorial judgment on a thread in Elections. Okay. ---
**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 14, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/38 "2013-09-14T04:19:03Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Sorry, man, but you’re wrong. > > Politically, i see eye-to-eye with you on plenty of things, but there’s nothing in that OP that warrants a move to the Pit. First of all, welcome back. It’s really great to see you posting here again! Whether you know it or not, you have been missed. And I agree with you 100% here (except the part about often seeing eye-to-eye with **BG** ). There is nothing vitriolic about that OP. But, further, if I hadn’t stopped buying irony meters here a long time ago, the OP would have broken yet another one. ---
**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 14, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/39 "2013-09-14T04:42:27Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > If the OP wants to call someone names simply because he disagrees with said someones politics he should just start a Pit thread. Or, he could try and make an actual argument instead of simply posting an assertion and a link. I’d suggest that those threads be moved to the Pit, but that would be a waste. Maybe we need a TRASH forum. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746/40 "2013-09-15T20:52:41Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Second, Bob told me that I am either ignorant and gullible, or I am willfully on the side of criminals and tyrants. It’s bizarre to suggest that is not an insult. I found his post equally obnoxious and it was certainly at best a veiled insult but his comments were no different than people like Der Trihs making such comments about Christians, Republicans and conservatives. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746.md?page=3)