# we should be able to say whatever we want about the mods **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 28, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-be-able-to-say-whatever-we-want-about-the-mods/558615 "2010-10-28T02:22:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-be-able-to-say-whatever-we-want-about-the-mods/558615/41 "2010-11-03T16:31:35Z")
The OP fails. We are allowed to communicate any idea or criticism we wish to the mods. There are some limits on the language that may be used. This is not an insurmountable hurdle. I am entirely confident that the mods that have incurred my displeasure over the years fully understand the nature of the complaints I’ve made. We are adults. We are expected to be able to express ourselves without calling each other motherfucker and cocksucker. It’s not that hard. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-be-able-to-say-whatever-we-want-about-the-mods/558615/42 "2010-11-03T17:43:46Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > The OP fails. We are allowed to communicate any idea or criticism we wish to the mods. There are some limits on the language that may be used. This is not an insurmountable hurdle. I am entirely confident that the mods that have incurred my displeasure over the years fully understand the nature of the complaints I’ve made. We are adults. We are expected to be able to express ourselves without calling each other motherfucker and cocksucker. It’s not that hard. As I already mentioned upthread, calling Mods bad names is not where the line is drawn. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-be-able-to-say-whatever-we-want-about-the-mods/558615/43 "2010-11-03T17:45:33Z")
> [@kidneyfailure](#): > > I think this is bullshit. We should be able to say whatever the hell we want about the mods, we should be able to Pit the living shit out of them when they piss us off just as we’d do with anyone else on this board. Why should they be above the criticism of the users of this board? Why is it that I can call **Rand Rover** a fucking douchebag in the Pit, but if I say the same thing to **Marley 23** –and trust me, I’d really like to-- I’d get warned for “insulting a mod” or “personal insults” (ironic, really, since Marley wouldn’t know what a fucking “personal insult” is even if it bit him in the ass. But I digress…)? That is a bullshit double standard that unfairly benefits the mods and should be changed. Alternatively, we could behave as if we were not 12. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-be-able-to-say-whatever-we-want-about-the-mods/558615/44 "2010-11-03T17:48:34Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > No. Interesting. I always figured it was just 'cause you guys had more class than that. 😃 Although, it makes sense given the precedent of, say, political figures in the U.S. Me writing a blog about how much I fucking loathe my now (gag) Governor-elect Scott Walker? Acceptable. Scott Walker writing a blog about how much he fucking loathes me, personally, Susie Q. Public? Not acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-be-able-to-say-whatever-we-want-about-the-mods/558615/45 "2010-11-04T20:57:53Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > We are expected to be able to express ourselves without calling each other motherfucker and cocksucker. How about cork-soaking ice-holes? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-be-able-to-say-whatever-we-want-about-the-mods/558615/46 "2010-11-04T22:24:27Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > How about cork-soaking ice-holes? Under the User Agreement, we can have you deported to Sweden for that. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-be-able-to-say-whatever-we-want-about-the-mods/558615/47 "2010-11-04T23:52:05Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > How about cork-soaking ice-holes? ca.1962. I heard “cork soaker” “crock sinker” crack sacker" and a few others in a joke. The punchline was, “say, judge, I’m the real thing.” Just my penchant for nostalgia. It ain’t what it used to be. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-be-able-to-say-whatever-we-want-about-the-mods/558615.md?page=2)