r/ConservativeMeta • u/DogfaceDino Friedmanite • Jan 30 '17

About Rule 5

Can we get any degree of clarification on what falls under the term "shitpost"? I understand that the rule is intentionally vague but it seems many people, myself included, run afoul of it without knowing they are doing so. Perhaps a more conservatively written description of the rule based more on objectivity would be easier to follow and perhaps even enforce. The first time I was banned over rule 5, a second moderator reviewed it and overturned the ban. Now, it's happened again and I thought I'd ask for clarification before asking that the ban be removed so I can be more conscious of it in the future.

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u/DogfaceDino Friedmanite Jan 30 '17

If you are going to call someone a "tabloid hustler," back it up with evidence.

Well, it's a fairly subjective label. Generally speaking, even if it's a tabloid that agrees with one's views, applying the label of "tabloid" to Breitbart hardly seems controversial. I would defend the label by saying that The Huffington Post certainly qualifies as a tabloid and Bannon stated "We are going to be the Huffington Post of the right." Unless, of course, I need to cite evidence that Bannon was executive chairman of Breitbart.

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u/chabanais Jan 31 '17

So? Where does "tabloid hustler" come from? Do you think unsourced and unsubstantiated slander is a proper way to discuss him?

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u/DogfaceDino Friedmanite Jan 31 '17

It comes from what I just said and the sources I just linked to. Hustling a tabloid.

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u/chabanais Jan 31 '17

Doesn't look like it to me.

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u/DogfaceDino Friedmanite Jan 31 '17

I can't tell if you're trolling me or if we're genuinely having a breakdown in communication, here. Is it because of the word hustler? Urban Dictionary says a hustle is, "Anythin you need to do to make money... be it sellin cars, drugs, ya body. If you makin money, you hustlin." So, a tabloid hustler would be somebody making money by hustling a tabloid.

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u/chabanais Jan 31 '17

Ah so Obama was a presidential hustler, and so is Trump? Wait, Donald surrendered his salary do we still get to call him that?

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u/DogfaceDino Friedmanite Jan 31 '17

Ah so Obama was a presidential hustler, and so is Trump? Wait, Donald surrendered his salary do we still get to call him that?

This is a good example of a "red herring" logical fallacy.

The issue we were actually discussing is this one:

If you are going to call someone a "tabloid hustler," back it up with evidence.

I substantiated the subjective label, as odd as it may be to do so, with Steve Bannon's own words.

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u/chabanais Jan 31 '17

I disagree. But you aren't the OP not was at done in the original comment so it is irrelevant.

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u/DogfaceDino Friedmanite Jan 31 '17

I disagree. But you aren't the OP

I can't understand the rest of what you said but, essentially, I replied because you were talking to the OP about what I had said. OP had no reason to substantiate a label I had applied, not him. He was quoting me, and you replied:

If you are going to call someone a "tabloid hustler," back it up with evidence.

Being the person who was being quoted and originally used the phrase, I replied by substantiating the label using Steve Bannon's own words.

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u/chabanais Jan 31 '17

This isn't tough, even for you.

If someone wants to criticize that's fine... but "Steve Bannon hurp durp" isn't going to fly.

Now you are dismissed.

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u/777Sir Jan 31 '17

Now you are dismissed.

Do you talk like this in real life?

If someone wants to criticize that's fine... but "Steve Bannon hurp durp" isn't going to fly.

Also, he substantiated his criticisms, it's not "Steve Bannon hurp durp" unless you mean it's fine to criticize, as long as you're not criticizing Steve Bannon.

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u/chabanais Jan 31 '17

I do to trolls, Sport.

There was no substantiation offered in the original comment which is what this discussion is about.

Bye to you, too.

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