# Trump Pit Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 14, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959 "2016-03-14T09:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/401 "2016-03-31T20:33:33Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Look closely. Think hard. No difference at all between the two protests? I can think of one difference: The pro-Trump graffiti “appeared outside designated areas for chalk markings.” I.e., it was vandalism. > [@Bricker](#): > > Heckler’s Veto. When a protest has the effect of engaging the government to shut down the disfavored viewpoint, it’s no longer simply “tough noogies.” Remind me again of the specific involvement of the government here? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/402 "2016-03-31T20:34:36Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Oh come on. Chalking things up is obnoxious and weirdly secretive. Just come out and counter protest if it means that much to you. (You closeted Trump supporters I mean.) > > I think it’s perfectly acceptable to stop graffiti, chalk or otherwise. There are oh so many ways for those so silenced to express their views that don’t involve vandalism. If you want to stop ALL chalked messages, I completely agree. But chalkings by students are allowed as a form of expression on the Emory campus. Given that, the administration cannot take actions that chill the Trump supporters’ chalk expressions while permitting other candidates’ chalking to remain unmolested. It’s that point with which the students disagreed: > [@](#): > > It wouldn’t happen if someone wrote another Republican candidate’s name, [Alexius Marcano, president of Young Democrats of Emory] said. “Trump represents something different, that’s threatening.” ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/403 "2016-03-31T20:35:08Z")
Emory U. must be light on homework … ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/404 "2016-03-31T20:36:06Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > If you want to stop ALL chalked messages, I completely agree. > > But chalkings by students are allowed as a form of expression on the Emory campus. Are they allowed everywhere? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/405 "2016-03-31T20:38:57Z")
> [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > I can think of one difference: The pro-Trump graffiti “appeared outside designated areas for chalk markings.” I.e., it was vandalism. > > Remind me again of the specific involvement of the government here? Oops. Right you are. My bad – that was a basic misunderstanding on my part. As a private institution, Emory is perfectly free to do what they please. I was wrong to suggest otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/406 "2016-03-31T21:21:52Z")
Just wanted to interrupt this thread to offer a handy filter for Chrome users that [expunges Mr. Trump from your internet experience](http://trumpfilter.com/). Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Memnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/407 "2016-03-31T21:34:10Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > _Politically correct_ means nothing more than respecting others. The backlash against it is nothing more than the desire not to. Yes, it’s that simple. Some people don’t deserve respect. Whiny college students who wail _"We are in paaaaaaiiiiin!!!_ when they see ‘Trump 2016’ chalked on a paving slab don’t deserve respect. They deserve nothing but furious, brutal mockery until they grow some fucking balls. When I first heard about this story, I seriously considered starting a ‘Stupid SJW Bullshit of the Day’ thread just so we can start keeping this nonsense in one place. I may still do it yet. Honestly…these people don’t think they’ve had a good day unless they’ve redefined the word Crybaby at least twice. It’s pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/408 "2016-03-31T21:42:07Z")
Think, man, think! You might bring the entire SJW community down upon us! I mean, SJW! Even if I knew that it meant, I would still be worried! ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/409 "2016-03-31T21:49:45Z")
Social Justice Warrior. Poor **luci** …so sad seeing old worn out hippies begin to lose touch. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/410 "2016-03-31T21:55:01Z")
Wait around another twenty years, and you might. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/411 "2016-03-31T22:19:45Z")
Gadzooks! Surely you haven’t forgotten we’re about the same age. In twenty years I’ll be 87 years old. However I fully expect to still be riding my bicycle daunting distances, cooking my favorite Chinese dishes and engaging in battle with SJWs at that time too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/412 "2016-03-31T23:08:44Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Gadzooks! Surely you haven’t forgotten we’re about the same age. > > In twenty years I’ll be 87 years old. > > However I fully expect to still be riding my bicycle daunting distances, cooking my favorite Chinese dishes and engaging in battle with SJWs at that time too. 😉 And still always losing. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/413 "2016-03-31T23:48:27Z")
_“'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings…”_ ~Led Zeppelin Heh, heh. In looking back at what **luci** wrote, I can see that in my haste I likely misunderstood what I thought was a surprisingly humble admission by him that he was indeed losing it, and that in another twenty years when I was his age I might be losing it as well. Now I see what was likely his true meaning, which was that in another twenty years or so he may indeed begin to loose touch. I like my interpretation better, but to avoid confusion I thought it best to acknowledge the meaning that **luci** most likely intended. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/414 "2016-04-01T01:01:42Z")
On the one hand, I have mad respect for **'luci** ’s skills, age notwithstanding. On the other hand, I’m tickled to see **Starvers** so sincerely whooshed, and will happily attribute it to his terrible case of the Olds. . ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/415 "2016-04-01T01:34:43Z")
And to make things even worse, it was I who whooshed my own damn self. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/416 "2016-04-01T05:25:49Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Just wanted to interrupt this thread to offer a handy filter for Chrome users that [expunges Mr. Trump from your internet experience](http://trumpfilter.com/). > > Carry on. Great. Now we get to have another long ATMB, and more SDMB rulz, about disappearing Trump in quotes. (BTW: Does it disappear Drumpf too?) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/417 "2016-04-01T07:07:03Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > And still always losing. So, he “battles” Social Justice Warriors, eh? Does this make him an Antisocial Justice Warrior? A Social Injustice Warrior? A Social Justice Draft Dodger? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/418 "2016-04-01T07:22:17Z")
**Tithonus** : Eh, you’re just mad they’ve found an effective way of bullying you. They claim offense, things get done, they win. You’re left whining in impotent rage, like every other loser in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Memnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/419 "2016-04-01T08:52:05Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > **Tithonus** : Eh, you’re just mad they’ve found an effective way of bullying you. > > They claim offense, things get done, they win. You’re left whining in impotent rage, like every other loser in the world. They’re not bullying _me_. I don’t have to study at their stupid college. I’m not even American. You guys _do_ have a problem with PC bullies on your campuses, though. Eight years ago, it was the Tea Party making America look ridiculous. Now it’s these little arseholes. You do raise an interesting question though. _Why_ is this tactic effective? Why are the adults letting these children get away with all this tantruming? Why aren’t they being sent to their fucking rooms? These kids are pathetic, and probably aren’t going to grow up to be good for anything, but if anything the adults are worse. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959/420 "2016-04-01T09:10:22Z")
It’s because everyone in a position of authority in this country seems to be deathly afraid of appearing to be politically incorrect. They would rather bow down instantly and follow the path they think political correctness dictates they take rather than deal with the shitstorm that will inevitably follow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pit-thread/748959.md?page=22)