Creative and vicious insults for some of those other web sites

[backscatter712]

OK, here at DU, we have standards, enforced by jury and moderator, to try to keep a slight bit of civility here.

For those keeping up with the news, on Reddit, some of the most notorious racist subreddits have been banned, among them *ahem* Raccoon City. That's right, Raccoon City has been nuked!

And that means that the residents of that hive of scum and villainy have stormed other parts of Reddit like a zombie horde.

One thing I've learned is that it is impossible to have a rational discussion with Raccoon City former residents. So I just insult them.

Insulting these characters is far more fun, and helps me get out my aggression. Granted, the vote-brigading from those characters does terrible things to my karma, but I'm not in it for scoring the most Internet Points.

One of my more recent examples, in response to a post festooned with racial and homophobic slurs and death wishes...

Spectacularly argued! Have you considered joining your preschool's forensics team?

Let's have some fun. Awards should go to funniest insult, most creative insult, as well as most vicious insult (for the truly deserving.)

[BlueJazz]

1. Tell me about Racoon City. You said some of the people were former residents.

[backscatter712]

2. The actual name of the subreddit is a racial slur.

Its name was r/c**ntown.

This place was (DAMN, I love using the word "was" in this context!) an anti-black racist subreddit that was so vile it attracted the attention of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Its residents were the kind of people that wear white sheets and swastikas. They talked about "goodifying" black people (their euphemism for murdering them.)

Some of this subreddit's members started swarming other subreddits, and swarmed the post where Reddit's CEO announced that this subreddit and similar subreddits were banned.

And this is their reaction when that subreddit was finally, belatedly banned:

[BlueJazz]

3. Whoa! Well, we certainly won't be inviting them to our party.

[backscatter712]

4. More fun to creatively insult them.

I did literally tell another character from that subreddit "You know that people around you just tolerate you."

Against these characters, I wage psychological warfare...

My only gripe about Reddit's recent actions is that they need to increase the scale. There's still a lot of vicious, nasty, racist, misogynistic, and generally vile subreddits out there that are desperately in need of the banhammer.

[BlueJazz]

5. I love pointing out to republicans that>"Isn't it strange that percentage wise, the poorest states..

...are run by republicans." I then say.."let me see, Alabama, poor and republican...Mississippi, poor and republican, Louisiana, poor and republican..Etc." God, they HATE that. Their f*cking heads about explode. They-just-can't-stand-to-hear-the-truth.

[Enthusiast]

14. It's a valid argument. Also, those states that have abstinence only sex education have

the highest teen pregnancy rates.

The truth is, Republicans can really fuck shit up if you give them a chance.

[backscatter712]

10. I've heard that's an oblique insult in Ireland...

or the way they say it is "Do you get invited to many parties?"

That's the Irish version of "Bless your heart", or a way of calling someone the c-word, without actually using that word.

[BlueJazz]

11. One of my friends is Irish. He's never said that to me (which is a good thing) but...

I have heard him say those things to other people.

[sarge43]

6. My favorite from that arena of the polished slam dunk - the British Parlament

"The honourable member has demonstrated that there is no such thing as unutterable nonsense."

Sometimes it takes a minute for a mouth breather to catch on.

Adapt and use.

[backscatter712]

8. One from Winston Churchill:

When Lady Astor said “If you were my husband, I’d poison your tea.” Churchill’s riposte? “Madame, if you were my wife, I’d drink it.”

[sarge43]

12. My favorite Winston gotcha

Between him and George Bernard Shaw who had a mutual loathing thing going on.

Shaw: Winston, here's two tickets to the opening of my latest play. Do bring a friend ... if you have one.

Churchill: Can't attend the opening, but will the next night ... if there is one.

[backscatter712]

7. "You have convinced me to support abortion in cases of incest." n/t

[Iggo]

18. Oh, that's a winner right there.

[irisblue]

9. bookmarking for future use

[Enthusiast]

13. I have yet to encounter any overt racists on Reddit. But I have not been there much or for long.

One thing I do encounter is defenders of low taxes on the wealthy or Tickle Down. I have heard all their arguments before....somewhere. They are clear full of shit.

Another sort of undesirable I encounter on Reddit is the defender of the health care status quo. They have all the regular Fox "News" talking points down.

[backscatter712]

15. There are lots of full-blown racists, as well as MRA misogynists, homophobes, and other toxic people

I suppose it depends on the subreddit - there are awesome subreddits, and there are toxic subreddits.

But there are a lot of toxic people, the kind that I would tell "Now I know why people talk about you behind your back..."

[Enthusiast]

16. I will be on the lookout for the toxicity.

[Marie Marie]

17. I was born

(pick one) Gay, Black, Hispanic or whatever and there is nothing I could do or would want to do to change that. You however, choose to be an asshole.