# Trolls R Us redux \[Now the argument clinic\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349 "2020-06-27T06:30:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3924
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349/3924 "2021-06-29T15:45:00Z")
Team, I just want to give @D_Anconia a shout out for his excellent assist in proving one of the themes from my latest OP, [The Journey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-journey-pictures-long-af/945194), about the evolution of my political thinking. The OP was way too long (I originally wrote it for my Substack and it clocked in at over 5,000 words), so I broke it into multiple posts which, I assumed, would make it easier for the reader than a mere 5k WALL O’ TEXT would be. In the third post, I make the following observation: > [@The Journey (pictures, long af)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-journey-pictures-long-af/945194/3): > > The conservative position, at least as expressed by Rush Limbaugh, was _whiny_ . Now… this is personal. May not convince a single one of you who have made it this far (thanks), but to me, nothing… NOTHING… is more irritating than a whiny man. And Rush was a whiner who complained about everything, even though he was speaking to the “rugged individualists” (using one of his favorite phrases, at least in the 90s) of the conservative movement. But he just whined. Well, guess what happened? 😃 Somebody had to, you know, _whine_ > [@Why is the SDMB membership declining, and what's the best way to add younger members?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208/434): > > What about someone posting 6 times in a row to start a new topic? Surely, that’s not desirable in terms of fostering discussion. [The Journey (pictures, long af) - Politics & Elections - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-journey-pictures-long-af/945194/6) > [@Why is the SDMB membership declining, and what's the best way to add younger members?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208/435): > > There’s slightly different rules when you are the topic owner. We already prevent too many sequential replies by the same person, unless you are the topic owner. @kevlaw one key difference between this community and the one you’re referencing – I think there’s a lot of built-in empathy when it comes to medical condition communities. Now, let’s be frank. D’anconia doesn’t give a fuck about the SDMB. He doesn’t pay, he doesn’t promote, he’s just a user. He is so ignorant of the way this board functions that he asks the GUY WHO RUNS DISCOUSE to make a moderating decision. And he didn’t care, not really, that a thread was started by the OP breaking up 5k of words into separate posts. Naw, he just wanted to be a whiny-assed bitch. Tragically, this teenaged, passive-aggressive shit was so blatantly transparent that even What Exit took pity on him in their response: > [@Why is the SDMB membership declining, and what's the best way to add younger members?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-sdmb-membership-declining-and-whats-the-best-way-to-add-younger-members/944208/449): > > No, it isn’t. codinghorror is not SDMB staff but our gracious host. Policy comes from our Admin Ed Zotti or maybe from SDMB mods. And, one last thing. D’anconia: you’re a coward. Fucking address me personally, especially when you have a complaint about me. Capice? Think your rugged individualistic conservative self can handle some direct conflict? You just fuckin’ fled to a safe space to whine like a 5 year-old instead of responding to the thread. And you constantly do this with me, probably the only person on this Board who realizes what a disservice you are doing to your namesake, Francisco Domingo Carlos Andres Sebastián d’Anconia. _(A tertiary character in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.)_ So, if you’re going to ignore my words, that’s fine. Be a man for once and just ignore my presence as well. Or talk to me. This? This is embarrassing. But it goes _exactly_ to the point in my thread, so thank you as well. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-redux-now-the-argument-clinic/913349)._