# What's the Official Mod ruling on "Drumpf"? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 9, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392 "2016-03-09T10:57:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/181 "2016-03-16T16:12:02Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Blame Thomas Jefferson for naming his party the _Democratic-Republican Party_ and not the _Republican-Democrat(s) Party_ I prefer the Republicanistic-Democrats. It’s like The Fantasticks with out the show tunes. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/182 "2016-03-16T16:45:24Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > A tiny deal. Not really important at all. > > But also a tiny request – just call that organization what members call it. No big deal. Correct - it’s trivial. > [@](#): > > And some people throw around childish insults… Some people even write apps to do it. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/183 "2016-03-16T16:46:34Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > A tiny deal. Not really important at all. > > But also a tiny request – just call that organization what members call it. No big deal. (post shortened) Does this mean the word-police will stop telling other people what they can and cannot post? Perhaps if you supplied a list of all the words and terms you find acceptable, people could chose to politely ignore your repeated requests all at once? Or not. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/184 "2016-03-16T16:57:46Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Correct - it’s trivial. And a reasonable request, right? Even if it’s trivial? > [@](#): > > Some people even write apps to do it. > > Regards, > Shodan Indeed. > [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > > Does this mean the word-police will stop telling other people what they can and cannot post? > > Perhaps if you supplied a list of all the words and terms you find acceptable, people could chose to politely ignore your repeated requests all at once? Or not. It’s just a request – no police, and no “telling”, just asking. Just like how I ask people to call me Andy and not Andrew. Not a big deal at all. Please call me Andy, and please call the Democratic Party by the name they call themselves. No big deal. Tiny little trivial request. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/185 "2016-03-16T17:02:55Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > There’s very few times I can say I agree with you 100%, but I agree with you 100%. The outrage over “Democrat Party” is just bizarre to me. How is it even possible to give a fuck about this? **There’s very few times I can say I agree with you 100%, but I agree with you 100%.** :p:D ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/186 "2016-03-16T17:04:54Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > Anytime I hear someone say, “I don’t understand what the big deal is about this ‘Democrat Party’ thing,” I’m reasonably certain I’m talking to a Republican who secretly thinks it’s high-_larious_. I am willing to hazard a guess I have been a Democrat longer than you have been alive, and have met and shook hands with many party leaders, was even a candidate. It doesnt bother me in the slightest, and I even use it once in a while. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/187 "2016-03-16T17:06:34Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I am willing to hazard a guess I have been a Democrat longer than you have been alive, and have met and shook hands with many party leaders, was even a candidate. It doesnt bother me in the slightest, and I even use it once in a while. It’s no big deal. It barely bothers me in the slightest, so I just make the reasonable request to call the party what most members call it. No big deal at all – tiny little reasonable request. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/188 "2016-03-16T17:23:36Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > It’s no big deal. It barely bothers me in the slightest, so I just make the reasonable request to call the party what most members call it. No big deal at all – tiny little reasonable request. Actually four or five tiny little requests, so far. That’s how much it doesn’t bother you. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [March 16, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/189 "2016-03-16T17:26:52Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Actually four or five tiny little requests, so far. That’s how much it doesn’t bother you. > > Regards, > Shodan I’m terribly sorry! I withdraw all but one, and await your response (and the response of anyone else who’d like to). ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/190 "2016-03-16T17:30:58Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I’m terribly sorry! I withdraw all but one, and await your response (and the response of anyone else who’d like to). I’m thinking you don’t quite understand an important part of what “request” means. It starts with an N, not a Y. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/191 "2016-03-16T17:32:50Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I’m thinking you don’t quite understand an important part of what “request” means. > > It starts with an N, not a Y. It’s very possible, because I have no idea what you mean here. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/192 "2016-03-16T17:59:44Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Actually four or five tiny little requests, so far. That’s how much it doesn’t bother you. Explaining the nature of a request is not the same thing as reiterating the request. But you probably know that. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/193 "2016-03-16T18:10:59Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > It’s very possible, because I have no idea what you mean here. You can politely request something. And I can polity say NO. And if you get butthurt I said no, then it really wasn’t a polite request. You are just pretending it was. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/194 "2016-03-16T18:23:51Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Explaining the nature of a request is not the same thing as reiterating the request. > > But you probably know that. He explained that it was trivial every time he made the request, and I posted that I understood and agreed that it was trivial. Then he made the request again. And again. And again, each time repeating that it was no big deal, and didn’t really bother him. IOW it was trivial and unimportant enough to repeat, several times over. This is one of those things that keeps bringing me back to the SDMB - unintentional parody is an art form hereabouts. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/195 "2016-03-16T19:11:12Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > Anytime I hear someone say, “I don’t understand what the big deal is about this ‘Democrat Party’ thing,” I’m reasonably certain I’m talking to a Republican who secretly thinks it’s high-_larious_. You might want to [question your reasonable certainty.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=724278) ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/196 "2016-03-16T19:20:29Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Then he made the request again. And again. And again… No, he didn’t. But I agree that it’s easier to be amused when you read words that aren’t there. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/197 "2016-03-16T19:27:03Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > No big deal at all It’s such not a big deal that it spawned that 7 page thread John Mace linked to and you said people who use it deserved to be mocked in post 8. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/198 "2016-03-16T19:30:44Z")
> [@andros](#): > > No, he didn’t. > > But I agree that it’s easier to be amused when you read words that aren’t there. And apparently the flip side is true - people get cranky when they don’t read words that are there. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-official-mod-ruling-on-drumpf/748392/199 "2016-03-16T19:52:24Z")
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