# What are we to do with these insects we refer to as Republicans? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076 "2019-10-01T04:34:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/241 "2019-10-02T21:09:37Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I suppose the rules state that we have to start by unequivocally condemning the OP. Dehumanizing others is how we get ourselves ready to harm or kill them. It’s what we do in wars, it’s what we caution against in our LEO, and it is the bread and butter of hate groups. > > I’ve been on the receiving end of dehumanizing language before, both as a member of a group and as an individual, and I will say that it didn’t much endear me to their argument. My emotional gut reaction is to return the favor, and to reply in kind, but that is not the direction to peace, but to division and war, so we have to suspend our base desires to retaliate against those who seek to harm us, as there just is no way out through hatred and violence. > > I dunno, **Bone** , you didn’t specifically and categorically denounce the OP, so, as long as you are making lists of those who were not vociferous enough in their condemnation, you should add your own. If **Little Nemo** ’s denunciation wasn’t enough, if those who considered the OP already admonished and didn’t feel the need to reiterate what had already been iterated make it on your list, then your comment was not a condemnation of the content of the OP, but rather, just a dismissive insult to the poster, as well as a lazy swipe at those you have named. > > While you are at it, here’s a name to add to your list. > > Now, as a question to you Shodan, do you use dehumanizing language here because you feel that Asashi really deserves it? Is it fair to use that language if you feel that the those you are directing it at deserve it? Since Asashi felt that those he directed his comments at deserved it, does that make it okay, in your opinion? > > Or do you just have a very small penis? > > I would argue quite strongly that calling someone subhuman is worse than an insect. Calling someone an insect is obvious hyperbole, and while it can have dehumanizing aspects to it, it is specifically not meant to be taken literally. Metaphorical comparisons to animals is not inherently dehumanizing. If you say that someone is “fast as a cheetah”, you are not taking away their personhood in that sentence. You could make less favorable comparisons between political opponents and the habits of an animal, like an insect, without actually calling into question their humanity. > > Now, if you call someone “subhuman”, then you are asking the very specific removal of their personhood the prime meaning of your statement. You are specifically questioning the humanity and their rights to continue existing. > > Then of course, octupus’s NPC comment. This is language that is made for the very purpose of dehumanizing others, to make the claim that they have no sentience, no awareness, that they only exist for the amusement of the “players.” It is rooted in hate, and the only use it has (outside of gaming contexts) is that of pure hate. > > So what do we have here? We have one liberal who is regularly chided by those on his political side for his hyperbole. Probably drunk and posting some rather hateful things from a place of pain and despair. Is then roundly condemned for his latest tirade by most of those on his political side. > > Then we have in response, two entirely sober posts from the “right” using terms that originated specifically to dehumanize others. > > Oh, of course, there’s the plutonium kid with his “swine” comment. > > So, we have many if not most of the liberals that posted in this thread condemning the OP’s comments, yet, only one condemnation at all of any of the conservative dehumanizing speech of NPC, and none at all for the “subhuman” or the “swine” pejoratives. > Hmmm, is that where you point out the usually part? hypocrisy.exe? The dishonest nastiness, both in terms of quantity and quality, directed at those even a tiny bit right of center on this board deserves a metaphorical slap back at times. Don’t cry when the hive constantly gives FAR FAR FAR more than it receives. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/242 "2019-10-02T21:10:42Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > What **begbert2** was _doing_ was pointing a steady finger of blame for the current mess at right wing/russian disinformation campaigns as disseminated by right wing propaganda “news” and social media. I was explicitly saying that a goodly number of right-wingers are, under the fecal crust of lies they’ve cocooned themselves in, basically decent people. (Well, give or take all the racism.) I was saying that if they could just somehow start paying attention to facts and reality rather than the teat of lies and fear they suckle on they could _stop fucking sucking_. > > That’s actually the _opposite_ of calling them lost causes or inhuman insects. > > But if you don’t like that, then fine. They’re lost causes and inhuman insects. Kill 'em all, if that’s what you want. I’m willing to be accommodating. > > Bolding mine. If this sort of shit is okay, I assume you’re also okay with people saying that all right wingers are murderous psychopaths, just because at least one has been. You like that sort of logic, right? > > Okay, conceded. It’s a bit chilling when a moderator is making _lists_. > > That said, the list was so stupidly composed, with clearly no care to accuracy, or even _thought_, it’s hard for me to take that shit seriously. > > And by “beating people” you mean, “explicitly being opposed to murder, which is a thing you’re mocking and criticizing here”. Many and all mean different things. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/243 "2019-10-02T21:12:02Z")
Asahi is just a Deplorable of the Left, and I wouldn’t even call him “Left”, just “Resistance”… in that “speak to random people on the internet” Resistance method which works well for people who don’t really want to do anything but emote. He’s my sides’ Ditka. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/244 "2019-10-02T21:20:12Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Don’t forget that left wing gun violence exists. > > [Congressional baseball shooting - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Congressional_baseball_shooting) > Yes it’s rare. Yes if you wanted to tally up who’s worse it is overwhelmingly right wing extremists. I’m not saying that because the left sometimes does it, it excuses the right. Not at all. The fact that it’s rare on the left and not nearly as rare on the right is telling. > > But it happens and because of that, violent rhetoric against the right is dangerous and deplorable. The shooter in the 2017 incident felt like some in this thread that Republicans were a threat and needed to be dealt with, and decided to do something about it. Protest against policies you think are bad, help campaigns that support their opponents, vote in every election you are eligible for. Heck, run if you think it’ll make a difference. But calling for the other side to be treated as nonhuman and an existential threat is dangerous. You may just be venting and might never act on your words but someone else may. The thing that jumps out at me here is that you had to reach back to 2017 for that. I doubt that terms for republicans have gotten _friendlier_ since then. So where’s the recent rise in liberal shootings? I mean, don’t get me wrong - it’s not productive to call the humanoid shit sculptures that populate the republican electorate mean names. It’s all, like, mean and stuff. But I don’t think it makes any actual difference one way or the other. I mean, sure, the murderous among them who were going to murder anyway will lie and say that the mean old liberals made them do it. The ones who hate liberals will lie and say that that time last week when a liberal called them a hamster pushed them over the tipping point. All manner of lies will be told claiming that liberal meanness justifies conservative atrocities. (We’ve seen it in this very thread!) But that’s all just stupid bullshit lies. Haters gotta hate, and conservatives aren’t going to wait for us to be rude before they act shitty. Nobody abandons their morals over being called a bug. And seriously, people being called mean names **in the fucking SDMB Pit** is not equivalent with racists claiming that a people are literally a different species, as determined by their birth and biology. That’s _actual_ dehumanization. Me calling you a slug isn’t, you idiotic slugs. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/245 "2019-10-02T21:22:58Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Many and all mean different things. Dude, learn to quote only the part you’re responding to. It’s clearer. And I didn’t mean that ALL republicans are murderous psychopaths. Just most of them. There are a few good ones. If one wanders by I point her out. There, now you should have no problem whatsoever, since you demonstrably like this sort of bullshit demonization. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/246 "2019-10-02T21:57:52Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Does it hurt to be like this? > > Regards, > Shodan So, if you are avoiding the question as to why you would use dehumanizing language towards another poster, then that means it’s a small penis? > [@octopus](#): > > hypocrisy.exe? > > The dishonest nastiness, both in terms of quantity and quality, directed at those even a tiny bit right of center on this board deserves a metaphorical slap back at times. Don’t cry when the hive constantly gives FAR FAR FAR more than it receives. Ah, fuck off, you can’t play the victim card at the same time as you call your political opponents non sentient entities that exist solely for your amusement. How often do you use that “hive” thing of yours? That’s dehumanizing language as well. You use it reflexively towards anyone who disagrees with you. Just because many people disagree with you doesn’t mean that they are all clones or copies, it just means that you are an idiot. The really odd thing about it is that I hear the “hive” thing buzzing from quite a number of conservative voices, almost as if you are all thinking the same thoughts, and saying the same things. Look, you hate those that oppose you politically. That’s fine. You want them to be hurt or killed, and that is fine too. You know why? Because you are pathetic, and the things that you want are not things that will ever come to pass. You have done little but throw out hate filled posts towards others on this board since you showed up. It is actually surprising to you that you get nastiness directed at you? ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/247 "2019-10-02T22:14:57Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > So, if you are avoiding the question as to why you would use dehumanizing language towards another poster, then that means it’s a small penis? Not to defend the dude, but that was pretty obviously him making a joke. ETA: Sorry, I should have said, “Not to defend the _hippopotamus_”, in keeping with the heinous dehumanization that we liberals are all doing. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/248 "2019-10-02T22:24:13Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > hypocrisy.exe? > > The dishonest nastiness, both in terms of quantity and quality, directed at those even a tiny bit right of center on this board deserves a metaphorical slap back at times. Don’t cry when the hive constantly gives FAR FAR FAR more than it receives. You want to be able to use hate speech toward those with differing political opinions, and you don’t want anyone to be upset about it. You’re using actual hate speech toward people on this board. Hate speech which has been used to justify actual murders. That’s significantly worse than mere nastiness, and unless someone shows up talking about blood and soil you are by far the worst person posting to this thread. (I take that back; The Plutonium Kid with his thinly disguised “white genocide” talk is worse, but you both thoroughly suck) ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/249 "2019-10-02T22:39:10Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Dude, learn to quote only the part you’re responding to. It’s clearer. > > And I didn’t mean that ALL republicans are murderous psychopaths. Just most of them. There are a few good ones. If one wanders by I point her out. > > There, now you should have no problem whatsoever, since you demonstrably like this sort of bullshit demonization. Thank you for the clarification. It makes me feel better to see proper and accurate nuance. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > So, if you are avoiding the question as to why you would use dehumanizing language towards another poster, then that means it’s a small penis? > > Ah, fuck off, you can’t play the victim card at the same time as you call your political opponents non sentient entities that exist solely for your amusement. > > How often do you use that “hive” thing of yours? That’s dehumanizing language as well. You use it reflexively towards anyone who disagrees with you. Just because many people disagree with you doesn’t mean that they are all clones or copies, it just means that you are an idiot. The really odd thing about it is that I hear the “hive” thing buzzing from quite a number of conservative voices, almost as if you are all thinking the same thoughts, and saying the same things. > > Look, you hate those that oppose you politically. That’s fine. You want them to be hurt or killed, and that is fine too. You know why? Because you are pathetic, and the things that you want are not things that will ever come to pass. > > You have done little but throw out hate filled posts towards others on this board since you showed up. It is actually surprising to you that you get nastiness directed at you? > [@Evil\_Economist](#): > > You want to be able to use hate speech toward those with differing political opinions, and you don’t want anyone to be upset about it. > > You’re using actual hate speech toward people on this board. Hate speech which has been used to justify actual murders. That’s significantly worse than mere nastiness, and unless someone shows up talking about blood and soil you are by far the worst person posting to this thread. (I take that back; The Plutonium Kid with his thinly disguised “white genocide” talk is worse, but you both thoroughly suck) You dishonest fools constantly start fights and then whine when the targets of your dishonest cyber-bullying fight back. This forum exists to attack other posters and you folks use it and other forums to do just that regardless of the merits. You engage in that behavior because of some perverse need to seek social approval from other damaged souls. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/250 "2019-10-02T23:15:31Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > You dishonest fools constantly start fights and then whine when the targets of your dishonest cyber-bullying fight back… So basically it’s someone else’s fault that you use hate speech. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/251 "2019-10-02T23:20:03Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > You dishonest fools constantly start fights and then whine when the targets of your dishonest cyber-bullying fight back. This forum exists to attack other posters and you folks use it and other forums to do just that regardless of the merits. You engage in that behavior because of some perverse need to seek social approval from other damaged souls. Whereas you engage in that behavior because of some reason that has “merits”, I suppose? ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/252 "2019-10-02T23:31:35Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Whereas you engage in that behavior because of some reason that has “merits”, I suppose? I don’t see why those who initiate fights can whine about being engaged in a fight. First of all, some dummy made the pit. Secondly, a bunch of damaged souls made it their home. Those pre-existed me by over decade. I’m not sure why there is any shock or surprise that some people don’t take the abuse quietly. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/253 "2019-10-02T23:40:46Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I don’t see why those who initiate fights can whine about being engaged in a fight. First of all, some dummy made the pit. Secondly, a bunch of damaged souls made it their home. Those pre-existed me by over decade. I’m not sure why there is any shock or surprise that some people don’t take the abuse quietly. Here’s the thing - when you criticize other people for doing what you yourself are doing, the following happens: 1. You are revealed as a hypocrite, and hypocrites have no moral authority. 2. You utterly defang your criticism, because you reveal that your objections are all lies - if you REALLY objected to it, you wouldn’t do it yourself. 3. “They started it” makes you sound like a five year old. Adults know that other people’s behavior doesn’t justify their own. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/254 "2019-10-02T23:43:37Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Here’s the thing - when you criticize other people for doing what you yourself are doing, the following happens: > > 1. You are revealed as a hypocrite, and hypocrites have no moral authority. > > 2. You utterly defang your criticism, because you reveal that your objections are all lies - if you REALLY objected to it, you wouldn’t do it yourself. > > 3. “They started it” makes you sound like a five year old. Adults know that other people’s behavior doesn’t justify their own. You aren’t very honest or bright. Think about the stupidity of what you are writing. This sub forum was created so posters could attack other posters. Now, instead of putting the blame on the dishonest fools who initiate fights and have been initiating fights for two decades now you blame those who react. That’s like blaming a rape victim for her dress. It’s gross! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/255 "2019-10-02T23:46:21Z")
Calling names like “insects” is, if nothing else, deplorably lacking in wit. Personally, I’d go with telling any Trumpies in your life that you now see that he’s more clever than he seems, and is strategically laying the groundwork for an insanity/dementia defense. Interpret any responses as further evidence for that conclusion. That’s the best way I can think of to annoy his acolytes. ---
**Author:** ![Unreconstructed\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@Unreconstructed\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unreconstructed_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/256 "2019-10-02T23:59:49Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Ah, fuck off, you can’t play the victim card at the same time as you call your political opponents non sentient entities that exist solely for your amusement. > > How often do you use that “hive” thing of yours? That’s dehumanizing language as well. You use it reflexively towards anyone who disagrees with you. Just because many people disagree with you doesn’t mean that they are all clones or copies, it just means that you are an idiot. The really odd thing about it is that I hear the “hive” thing buzzing from quite a number of conservative voices, almost as if you are all thinking the same thoughts, and saying the same things. > > Look, you hate those that oppose you politically. That’s fine. You want them to be hurt or killed, and that is fine too. You know why? Because you are pathetic, and the things that you want are not things that will ever come to pass. Jesus H. Tittyfucking Christ on a crutch, you’re _such_ a disingenuous cunt. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/257 "2019-10-03T00:02:03Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > You aren’t very honest or bright. Think about the stupidity of what you are writing. This sub forum was created so posters could attack other posters. Now, instead of putting the blame on the dishonest fools who initiate fights and have been initiating fights for two decades now you blame those who react. That’s like blaming a rape victim for her dress. It’s gross! It’s very sad when a person can’t accept honest advice when it reveals something bad about them. Also I believe you’re wrong about why this form exists - I think it was made so that spleen could be vented about ANYTHING, with minimal constraint. You characterizing it as being just to attack people is, as is often the case, a republican thinking that other people are doing what they themselves do. Your whole purpose in here is to attack other posters, so that’s what you think everyone is doing. (And you’re wrong.) But a bigger point of absurdity is you claiming that stuff that happened before you even got here is pressuring you to be a shitpile, or justifying you in your shitpile behavior. You are not five years old, grow up and take responsibility for your own behavior. If you want to insult people, go ahead. But nobody did anything ten years ago that somehow makes you a moral avenger. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/258 "2019-10-03T00:04:36Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > It’s very sad when a person can’t accept honest advice when it reveals something bad about them. > > Also I believe you’re wrong about why this form exists - I think it was made so that spleen could be vented about ANYTHING, with minimal constraint. You characterizing it as being just to attack people is, as is often the case, a republican thinking that other people are doing what they themselves do. Your whole purpose in here is to attack other posters, so that’s what you think everyone is doing. (And you’re wrong.) > > But a bigger point of absurdity is you claiming that stuff that happened before you even got here is pressuring you to be a shitpile, or justifying you in your shitpile behavior. You are not five years old, grow up and take responsibility for your own behavior. If you want to insult people, go ahead. But nobody did anything ten years ago that somehow makes you a moral avenger. By your own so-called logic now you are being the hypocritical 5 year old. See how silly that is? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/259 "2019-10-03T00:06:38Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > You aren’t very honest or bright. Think about the stupidity of what you are writing. This sub forum was created so posters could attack other posters. Now, instead of putting the blame on the dishonest fools who initiate fights and have been initiating fights for two decades now you blame those who react. That’s like blaming a rape victim for her dress. It’s gross! You’re not being blamed for the insults, you’re being mocked because you’re complaining about the insults at the same time as taking part in it. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076/260 "2019-10-03T00:09:38Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > By your own so-called logic now you are being the hypocritical 5 year old. See how silly that is? This would work better if I was actually being a hypocrite. Of course understanding that requires, at a minimum, reading comprehension regarding the content of my posts. Unfortunately, as you are now employing “I know you are, but what am I?” as your debate tactic, I’m not really embracing high expectations here. In any case, g’night! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-to-do-with-these-insects-we-refer-to-as-republicans/841076.md?page=14)