# Unsuitable GD Topics: All people who take position X have an ulterior motive

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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unsuitable-gd-topics-all-people-who-take-position-x-have-an-ulterior-motive/921777/10 "2020-09-30T22:03:18Z")

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Specifically, I had this in mind:

> [It has always been this: Conservatives believe they have the right to kill everyone else](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/921749)

I can also think of topics that came close, for example:

> [“Pro-lifers want to control women’s bodies” - Okay, but………why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/834330)

which pre-dates the new rules about keeping strict focus. The original question would be ‘what motivation would they have to control women’s bodies’, but the premise was instantly questioned. And I think debate of that premise, whether Pro-lifers have an ulterior motive, is inappropriate for GD. Despite my participation in the thread…

But I can think of tons of topics which don’t necessarily exist, which I would rather not see. I do not endorse any of the viewpoints; to different degrees, they all suffer from the same fatal flaw:

> “Transsexual women are really just homosexuals who want to have sex with straight men”  
> “People who oppose low-income housing are actually racists”  
> “Women lie about rape to cover up their infidelity”  
> “People who don’t support advanced interregation techniques are traitors”  
> “Those who support universal health care hate doctors, like seeing people die from lack of care”  
> “Environmentalists don’t care about the environment, they just want to rebel against authority”  
> “Declawing your cat means you are an animal sadist”  
> “People who say they like Pepsi do so only because they’ve been paid off”

Oh, and I think it’s fine to talk about politics as an ulterior motive in the _Politics & Elections_ forum, for example this topic:

> [Ex-Republican strategist: Republican Party conservatism was always a lie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/918812)

~Max

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