# What would happen if we put an X on CNN? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 28, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069 "2005-11-28T16:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/181 "2005-12-06T16:53:24Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Well, **FinnAgain** and **mhendo** are assholes. Oh, wait, I already knew that. Well, at least you know _something_, i guess. > [@Clothahump](#): > > I learned the hard way about pile-ons. This was my first; hopefully, it will be my last. Personally, i think “pile-on” is a term best used when the onslaught is unwarranted. What you got in this thread is better described as “just desserts.” As for whether it will happen again, that depends on whether you actually learned anything about your own behavior. I doubt very much will change. You’re like the guy who only says stupid things when he opens his mouth, except for you the idiocy seems directly related to when you post to this message board. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/182 "2005-12-06T17:59:41Z")
I just have one more thing to say. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/183 "2005-12-06T20:40:32Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > As for whether it will happen again, that depends on whether you actually learned anything about your own behavior. I imagine that’ll happen soon after George W. Bush finally takes responsibility for something. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/184 "2005-12-06T22:00:09Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > As for whether it will happen again, that depends on whether you actually learned anything about your own behavior. Oh, fuck you, **mhendo** , and the horse you rode in on as well. You’re an arrogant, annoying little pissant who thinks that the fact you disagree with someone gives you carte blanche to be a rude asshole. My behaviour is perfectly acceptable. This board and others like it is for people to express their _opinions_ on. Got that? You can disagree with my opinions all you want, but when you start attacking me personally, you might as well hang it up, because that is an absolute sign that you can’t refute my opinion, so you try to refute me. The fancy term is ad hominem attack. :wally ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/185 "2005-12-06T22:07:44Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > My behaviour is perfectly acceptable. In other words, you’re not accepting responsibility for your behavior. That’s about what I thought, and that’s why I don’t take you seriously. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/186 "2005-12-06T22:09:30Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > My behaviour is perfectly acceptable. Lesson: avoided. > [@Clothahump](#): > > This board and others like it is for people to express their _opinions_ on. Got that? Survey says (ahem): XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX You are entitled to your own opinions, not your own facts. > [@Clothahump](#): > > You can disagree with my opinions all you want, but when you start attacking me personally, you might as well hang it up, because that is an absolute sign that you can’t refute my opinion, so you try to refute me. Your opinion was refuted within a number of minutes of your hollow OP. After that, people mainly began to focus on the fact that you made a shit-and-run OP and then didn’t come back for days, and days, and days. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/187 "2005-12-06T22:15:03Z")
> [@FinnAgain](#): > > Your opinion was refuted within a number of minutes of your hollow OP. And it was completely wrong to start with, so it was almost self-refuted. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/188 "2005-12-06T22:23:02Z")
Perhaps he should change his sig. “Clothahump, now with self-refuting posts!” ---
**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:** [December 6, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/189 "2005-12-06T22:27:28Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Oh, fuck you, **mhendo** , and the horse you rode in on as well. > > You’re an arrogant, annoying little pissant who thinks that the fact you disagree with someone gives you carte blanche to be a rude asshole. My behaviour is perfectly acceptable. This board and others like it is for people to express their _opinions_ on. Got that? You can disagree with my opinions all you want, but when you start attacking me personally, you might as well hang it up, because that is an absolute sign that you can’t refute my opinion, so you try to refute me. The fancy term is ad hominem attack. > :wally No, that’s not what this board is for. This board is so people can post _arguments_. Nobody gives a shit about your opinion, because you’ve never once, as far as I can remember, been able to come up with anything to substantiate your opinion. An unsupported opinion is worthless, and the quality of the responses will reflect this. You want better responses? Make better posts. The crap you’ve posted so far in your career here on the SDMB doesn’t warrant anything better than what you’ve gotten in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/190 "2005-12-06T22:45:12Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > No, that’s not what this board is for. This board is so people can post _arguments_. Nobody gives a shit about your opinion, because you’ve never once, as far as I can remember, been able to come up with anything to substantiate your opinion. An unsupported opinion is worthless, and the quality of the responses will reflect this. You want better responses? Make better posts. The crap you’ve posted so far in your career here on the SDMB doesn’t warrant anything better than what you’ve gotten in this thread. Maybe you could at least say the Political/Pit posts have been crap. I’ve seen a few non-political ones that were fine. If you meant his Political/Pit Posts I have to overall agree with you. Jim ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/191 "2005-12-06T23:07:45Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > You’re an arrogant, annoying little pissant who thinks that the fact you disagree with someone gives you carte blanche to be a rude asshole. No, i reserve that for morons like you, who demonstrate a consistent and apparently wilful tendency to post absolute shit and expect everyone else to swallow it without choking. > [@Clothahump](#): > > My behaviour is perfectly acceptable. Sure it is. You can post pretty much whatever crap you want in the Pit, as long as it doesn’t break board rules. I’m not trying to get you to stop; you’re actually rather amusing in a pathetic sort of way. I’m just letting you know that as long as you do insist on posting such unmitigated tripe, people are likely to treat you like the dribbling neanderthal that you are > [@Clothahump](#): > > This board and others like it is for people to express their _opinions_ on. Got that? Sure it is. But that doesn’t mean that your opinions will be allowed to stand free from criticism. And when they are completely unsubstantiated, unsupported by anything but your own knee-jerk reactions and your seemingly pathological inability to countenance any political position but your own, then that critiism is very likely to be rather abundant. > [@Clothahump](#): > > You can disagree with my opinions all you want, but when you start attacking me personally, you might as well hang it up, because that is an absolute sign that you can’t refute my opinion, so you try to refute me. The fancy term is ad hominem attack. You’re damn right it is. Because when you make posts that are so free of intelligent content as to be entirely immune to rational discussion, you leave people with little option except to point out what a complete and utter fucking tool you are. :wally ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/192 "2005-12-07T00:02:55Z")
Bless his heart. He means well. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/193 "2005-12-07T00:12:52Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Bless his heart. He means well. In the South, “Bless his/her/your little heart” translates to “He/she/you is/are an idiot.” Make of it what you will. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/194 "2005-12-07T00:23:26Z")
The joke’s not funny if you explain it, **Bosda**. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069/195 "2005-12-07T01:52:27Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > The joke’s not funny if you explain it, **Bosda**. Well it helped this ignorant Yankee. Thank You Jim [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-put-an-x-on-cnn/333069.md?page=9)