# Vitriolic name-calling in political threads **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 2, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitriolic-name-calling-in-political-threads/257966 "2004-08-02T14:53:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitriolic-name-calling-in-political-threads/257966/21 "2004-08-03T00:24:56Z")
How about Dubya? Is that considered name-calling, or just a nickname? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitriolic-name-calling-in-political-threads/257966/22 "2004-08-03T00:33:20Z")
Well, conservative Newsmax uses “Dubya” and there’s a book called: [Bush Country: How Dubya Became a Great President While Driving Liberals Insane](http://www.newsmaxstore.com/nms/showdetl.cfm?&DID=6&Product_ID=1640) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitriolic-name-calling-in-political-threads/257966/23 "2004-08-03T00:50:12Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > Well, conservative Newsmax uses “Dubya” and there’s a book called: [Bush Country: How Dubya Became a Great President While Driving Liberals Insane](http://www.newsmaxstore.com/nms/showdetl.cfm?&DID=6&Product_ID=1640) Yeah…we talk about that here every day. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitriolic-name-calling-in-political-threads/257966/24 "2004-08-03T01:01:52Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > And third, “Bushstappo” is lame, wildly hyperbolic, and immediately invokes Godwin’s Law which is that the moment someone compares someone else to the Nazis, intelligent debate is now terminated. Although when you’re trying to argue with someone who thinks “Bushstappo” is clever, it’s questionable whether intelligent debate was possible in the first place. [spelling nazi ON] Not only that, it’s misspelled. Ought to be “Bushtapo” – just one “p”. [spelling nazi OFF] 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitriolic-name-calling-in-political-threads/257966/25 "2004-08-03T14:35:38Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > [spelling nazi ON] > > Not only that, it’s misspelled. Ought to be “Bushtapo” – just one “p”. > > [spelling nazi OFF] > > 😛 Do two nazis make a right? 😃 With regard to the OP, I actually prefer such obvious threadtitles as you know what you’re going to get. Virtually every time, the second or third thread is in direct contrast to the OP, in equally strong terms, and so the ‘debate’ begins. That said, I quite like watching two trains converging on the same line… ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitriolic-name-calling-in-political-threads/257966/26 "2004-08-03T14:49:45Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I just see the Pit as a place for venting rather than convincing. I agree with that, I just think it’s counter-productive to vent in terms that make middle-of-the-roaders (who might otherwise find something convincing in a good rant) to roll their eyes and say, “Yeesh! How childish.” If all you’re doing is ranting to hear yourself rant, why bother? ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitriolic-name-calling-in-political-threads/257966/27 "2004-08-03T14:53:37Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I just see the Pit as a place for venting rather than convincing. I replied too quickly. What I should have said was that I agree that the primary purpose of the pit is venting, not convincing. But who says it can’t serve a dual purpose? If you feel so strongly about it that you want to vent, then you probably agree that there’s enough at stake that you might want to make your point of view sound non-rabid to a swing voter. ---
**Author:** ![furlibusea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@furlibusea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furlibusea)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitriolic-name-calling-in-political-threads/257966/28 "2004-08-03T15:45:27Z")
I haven’t been around as long as some of you, but I do think all the vitriol has cost us alot. The more we keep shouting the more we loose rational voices on both sides. I didn’t like **Scylla** ’s politics, but his [blimps thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160851&highlight=blimps) brought me to the board. I miss him and I miss the his thougth out arguments. (even if i mostly thought he was wrong. It just seems to me that the more we keep discussing this in a yell more we drive away those that can give reasoned arguments and the more we are left with this type of[guy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=269542). Makes ya miss **December** don’t it. At least he had limerics. PS. sorry if I screwed up coding the make links button wasnt working. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitriolic-name-calling-in-political-threads/257966/29 "2004-08-03T16:50:47Z")
> [@Martiju](#): > > Do two nazis make a right? No, but three lefts do. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitriolic-name-calling-in-political-threads/257966/30 "2004-08-03T16:55:36Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > No, but three lefts do. > > 😛 Don’t you mean three _leftists_? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitriolic-name-calling-in-political-threads/257966/31 "2004-08-03T16:57:47Z")
And 2 Wrights make an airplane. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitriolic-name-calling-in-political-threads/257966/32 "2004-08-03T16:58:06Z")
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