# Why can't we Pit mods? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 14, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-pit-mods/647229 "2013-01-14T23:30:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-pit-mods/647229/10 "2013-01-15T00:23:59Z")
I already addressed all of this in the other thread: yes, “prig” is an insult. We don’t accept the “I insulted him but it was true!” defense. “Lighten up!” never causes anyone to lighten up- not when it’s coupled with insults, anyway. Maybe you should reread your own posts and think about how someone else would have understood them if they were just reading your words and didn’t know what you were thinking. You did not communicate what you say you meant to communicate. This is kind of academic anyway since there’s no non-insult way to read this: > [@Marley: Gun Grabber is not restricted to the Pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-gun-grabber-is-not-restricted-to-the-pit/647086/38): > > It’s a way of making the point he was being priggish. Which should have been clear from the “Lighten up.” that immediately followed it. > > Unbelievable. > > But I have better things to do than go through this bullshit. > > Enjoy. And whatever you or any prigs anywhere might possibly do, don’t you dare lighten up. > [@Marley: Gun Grabber is not restricted to the Pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-gun-grabber-is-not-restricted-to-the-pit/647086/38): > > Go back and read what he wrote. You mean this? > [@Marley: Gun Grabber is not restricted to the Pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-gun-grabber-is-not-restricted-to-the-pit/647086/22): > > Not remotely. Consider the following two descriptions of folks who support the second amendment: > > 1. The gun nuts who have wet dreams about their next purchase are just blithering in this thread. > 2. The folks in this thread who oppose gun control have failed to present compelling statistical arguments. > > Anyone who is unable to predict which of these two posts will receive a mod note isn’t a positive contributor to Great Debates and should feel unwelcome there. Pretty obvious, isn’t it? If you were offended by that, how can you tell anybody that this: > [@Marley: Gun Grabber is not restricted to the Pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-gun-grabber-is-not-restricted-to-the-pit/647086/26): > > Whoa, that’s a mighty high horse you’re riding on there, chum. Should we send you up some oxygen? > > Lighten up, would? Isn’t insulting, and calling him “priggish” and “prig” was not insulting? > [@Marley: Gun Grabber is not restricted to the Pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley-gun-grabber-is-not-restricted-to-the-pit/647086/38): > > Whether you agree with the point he was making or not, do you really think that pointing out that it may be priggish is an INSULT!!! You didn’t say it “may be priggish.” You sarcastically told him to get off his high horse, then called him priggish a couple of times. After I warned you, you found a way to express that point without the insults. That’s what you should have done first, and it confirms you could do it if you made the effort. Next time, do that first. And yes, calling someone a prig or saying they are being priggish is insulting. I showed you the dictionary definition of the word to illustrate this. > [@](#): > > One worthy of moderation? Actually, you probably do. Erm, yes, I do. Webster’s agrees it’s insulting, and I did think it was worthy of moderation- that’s why I moderated it. So what was the point of asking me with a bunch of caps and exclamation points? > [@](#): > > Sit back and think why you, way more than any other mod, is so often trying to defend why you wielded your MOd powers when you should have just read through and clicked on something else. I don’t think I have to defend my moderation more than any other mod. Even if that were true, that wouldn’t prove I’d done something wrong. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-pit-mods/647229)._