# When did Quartz become such a tool? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 17, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052 "2017-02-17T14:40:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 99
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052/99 "2017-02-22T08:31:26Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Here’s a challenge for **Colibri** and **Gyrate** : find one - just one - thread in which I have defended Trump against a justified charge. I remember a thread where people were discussing Trump’s poorly rolled out immigration executive order that also hasn’t done too well in court. A poster came along and defended Trump’s ill-conceived actions with a ridiculous hypothetical in which Trump might have been completely justified if he was trying to “zap” terrorists and had secret reasons for doing it this way. > [@Trump's Executive Order on Immigration - Let it Rip Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-executive-order-on-immigration-let-it-rip-dopers/778468/501): > > A thought for you all: > > Suppose the intelligence services told Trump that there was a specific imminent terrorist threat by X, Y, and Z. However, to ban them specifically would tip them off to America’s sources of information or get them to engage other actors in their stead or both. Fortunately, there’s a previous Executive Order - signed by Obama, even - which could be extended and give the US time to zap the terrorists. > > Hmm… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-quartz-become-such-a-tool/780052)._