# Trolls R Us Resurrections (Part 1)

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**Created:** [September 11, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections-part-1/950518 "2021-09-11T17:26:17Z")\
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> [@ParallelLines](#):
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> Velocity is eating it up.

Of course he is. He responded to _this_ thread, after all:

> [@Conservatives: If there had to be a dictator, what would you want him/her to be like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservatives-if-there-had-to-be-a-dictator-what-would-you-want-him-her-to-be-like/925932):
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> In the past, when there were such threads, some Dopers dodged the hypothetical by replying, “I don’t want there to be a dictator, period.” So - suppose we bypass that for a moment - if there had to be a dictator - no dodging this - what would you want him (or her!) to be like? You get to choose the attributes of such a dictator. Would you prefer this dictator come into power through popular appeal to a majority of your compatriots, or would you prefer they seize and maintain power through …

That thread being a not-so-tongue-in-cheek reaction to his habit of disingenuously limiting the scope of threads to to effectively force people to mimic conservative beliefs, or else stay out. For example, a thread about god designed to force atheists to adopt a theistic mindset for the sake of argument (it occurs to me I probably can’t link to it under current board rules as I understand them).

ETA: The title of that specific thread was **Atheists: If there had to be a god, what would you want it to be like?**

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