# What the fuck is WRONG with you people? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 7, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238 "2002-10-07T18:25:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/21 "2002-10-07T20:28:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*I think he meant: > > Look, look! See Dick! See Dick come! \*\* Come, Dick, come! Sounds like somebody’s got real issues, there… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/22 "2002-10-07T21:04:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*I think he meant: > > Look, look! See Dick! See Dick come! \*\* See spot. See spot run. See Jane. See Jane put spot and dress in closet. See Beeblebrox. See Beeblebrox forceably restrain himself from making lame Lewinsky joke. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/23 "2002-10-07T23:48:59Z")
See prompt. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/24 "2002-10-08T03:27:06Z")
I agree with your sentiments in that thread, **Lib.** I arrived at that site on my own personal search, hoping to hear from the likes of yourself and **Polycarp,** only to find you both in the minority and leaving me quite disillusioned. Keep up the good work, I doubt you know the number of people that both you and **Poly** have either inspired or provoked thought in. All the best. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/25 "2002-10-08T04:58:13Z")
To be fair, the rape and incest threads are kept pretty far in the background, too. But . . . **Lib** , honestly my friend . . . did you truly expect better? Hope, sure. But expect? “You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. . . .” [sub]Ok, that was definitely uncharitable of me.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/26 "2002-10-08T07:33:37Z")
Andros I don’t know that I had any expectations at all. I suppose I always expect reason and common sense. I see that a key mod tendered her resignation last night. It might be a coincidence that they are presently discussing my complaint. It is sad to see good people like her just quit. But then again, perhaps it is time for new wine. And as Jesus said, you cannot pour new wine into old wine skins. * * * Goo We will never cease to fight the good fight. Why else live? God go with you always, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![Navigator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4af34b/32.png) [@Navigator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navigator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/27 "2002-10-08T17:56:44Z")
What the fuck is WRONG with you people? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/28 "2002-10-08T17:59:21Z")
> [@](#): > > I suppose I always expect reason and common sense. There are those who might call that naive. Not me, mind you–I find it admirable. ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/29 "2002-10-08T18:18:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Navigator \* > \*\*What the fuck is WRONG with you people? \*\* Well, I can’t speak for anyone else **Nav** , but I am beginning to lose my hair, am somewhat depressed at the demagoguing that has become so prevelant in our society, and at the love of ignorance so many seem to posess, both within religion and without. MH ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/30 "2002-10-08T18:26:14Z")
Oh, and I forgot to ask, **Jon** - you kiss your mother with that mouth? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Navigator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4af34b/32.png) [@Navigator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navigator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/31 "2002-10-08T18:34:55Z")
You’ll note, Mars, my friend, that I used the exact same words as the OP… yet, your question wasn’t posited to that direction … I too am beginning to lack hair near the top of the cranium, but am compensating with a nice Van Dyke… (did I say Dyke :eek:), I’m also a bit depressed the the demagoguing that has become prevelant in our society, and that it seems that everything is becoming black or white with the shades of gray being marginalized by both sides… And the love of ignorance, as shown by the bastion of knowledge in this thread… with and without religion… as well as the judgemental tone that pervades many… with and without religion… Do you think **Lib** kissed his mother with that mouth? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/32 "2002-10-08T18:49:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Navigator \* > \*\*You’ll note, Mars, my friend, that I used the exact same words as the OP… yet, your question wasn’t posited to that direction … \*\* Once again you resort to sophism. You repeated the TITLE of the OP, not the OP. **Libertarian** ’s OP gave full measure to his complaint. ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/33 "2002-10-08T19:16:20Z")
Of course my comment was meant as a joke. Whatever expletives any of you use, or whether they match up with your personal moral code or not neither breaks my leg nor picks my pocket. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/34 "2002-10-08T19:31:15Z")
> [@](#): > > And the love of ignorance, as shown by the bastion of knowledge in this thread… Well, ya got me, Jon. What’s ignorant in the thread? More specifically, what’s ignorant in the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/35 "2002-10-08T19:43:04Z")
It is not what is in a man’s mouth that matters, but what is in his heart. In my heart is a desperate yearning that those who suffer a lifetime of rejection and derision be treated with gentle kindness and genuine respect by those who profess Christ as their Lord. It is the experts in the Law who shut the door to heaven in men’s faces and refuse to go in themselves. It is not we who live in the kingdom who are honored with a robe and fatted calf, but those who have gone away and wasted everything and returned home. When we greet them with a noose, I get angry. ---
**Author:** ![Navigator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4af34b/32.png) [@Navigator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navigator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/36 "2002-10-08T19:51:33Z")
The title of the thread is ignorant… (per: there is no way that Lib or any of you (with the exception of Poly) know the details or history of the board in question… yet you assume to know that you do… which is also sophism… right Homebrew) The thread is made to invoke a certain feeling… Without regard to the feelings of the other side… (the ‘you people’ is a hint… see the emotional response due to my quoting of the title, and then reflect on how you felt … about … those words… about … YOU… invoking expletives … I’ve certainly heard and used more than the single word that was invoked in the title, as well as my response… as such… most expletives are meant to inject a certain feeling… and are emotional… see sophism… Despite your assured feeling that the policy of the board in question is to put something in the closet… by close minded individuals… it might not be the case… lets see how imaginative you people can be… list other reasons for such a policy… and perhaps for a mismanged policy… try not to use words like ‘ignorant’, or ‘close-minded’ in your answers. unPeace. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/37 "2002-10-08T20:03:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Navigator \* > \*\*(per: there is no way that Lib or any of you (with the exception of Poly) know the details or history of the board in question… yet you assume to know that you do… which is also sophism… right Homebrew) > > … most expletives are meant to inject a certain feeling… and are emotional… see sophism… \*\* I do not think that word means what you think it means. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/38 "2002-10-08T20:13:45Z")
Nav wrote: > [@](#): > > list other reasons for such a policy I would be interested in the reasons for the policy. I did ask for them over there, after all. Maybe what I see is not what I’m looking at. Here’s what I see: [ul] [li]A story about a man who looks up women’s dresses and takes pictures — open to all[/li][li]An article by a woman who says that liberals hate America, hate flag-wavers, and hate every religion except Islam — open to all[/li][li]An article about a man who says that the Muslim prophet is a terrorist and a child molestor — open to all[/li][li]An article that says former President Clinton keeps a death list and is an adulterous traitor — open to all[/li][li]An article about child murderers — open to all[/li][li]An article about doctors refusing to perfrom abortions — open to all[/li][li]An article about a gay couple moving across the street from Jerry Falwell’s empire headquarters — restricted from children[/li][/ul] You tell me what I’m looking at. ---
**Author:** ![Navigator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4af34b/32.png) [@Navigator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Navigator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/39 "2002-10-08T20:30:38Z")
**Phal…** … err… **Ferrous** soph·ism (sŏf’ĭz’em) n. [list=1][li]A plausible but fallacious argument.[/li][li]Deceptive or fallacious argumentation.[/list=1][/li] You tell me… ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238/40 "2002-10-08T20:37:33Z")
That’s odd…you know what it means, but you still use it incorrectly. Is this some attempt at irony? What’s with the “Phal…”? Was that an attempt to insult me by implying that you almost called me “Phallus”? That’s very clever. I can see I’m going to be sorry for tangling with you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you-people/131238.md?page=3)