# This thread should have been moved to the Pit based on the OP alone

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**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")\
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**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")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> 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:

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> 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:

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> 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):
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> 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.

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