Is "There is a special place in hell for Bush" really necessary?

December 13, 2004 1:36 PM

I know everyone here voted for Kerry and despises the President, but is "There is a special place in hell for Bush" really necessary?
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood to Etiquette/Policy at 1:36 PM (68 comments total)

Well, there is a special place in hell for George W. Bush.

I'm not sure how you can argue against that statement.
posted by cmonkey at 1:38 PM on December 13, 2004

Umm... you could not believe in Hell?
posted by coelecanth at 1:39 PM on December 13, 2004

Seriously, show a little sensitivity. Some of us don't believe in hell.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 1:40 PM on December 13, 2004

I agree it isn't necessary. It's a given.

*sharpens up stick and pokes S@L a little more*
posted by eyeballkid at 1:41 PM on December 13, 2004

Meanwhile, all the useful meetup info MeTa posts are being pushed into oblivion.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 1:42 PM on December 13, 2004

(You could also argue that everyone's place in Hell is equally special.)
posted by coelecanth at 1:42 PM on December 13, 2004

Well, if its a given, then it is logically necessary.
posted by Zetetics at 1:42 PM on December 13, 2004

*sigh*

Zetetics has me there.
posted by eyeballkid at 1:44 PM on December 13, 2004

It's just politics. The other side similarly villified Kerry before the election. No, it's not "necessary", but is anything on MeFi? I'm willing to try to understand, though, why you think politicians should be exempted from criticism on MeFi. Why don't you think it's appropriate?
posted by Doohickie at 1:47 PM on December 13, 2004

Gee, Steve, you mean you voted for Kerry too? That would seem very odd given your comment history.
posted by fenriq at 1:48 PM on December 13, 2004

Why don't you think it's appropriate?

If you find that to be appropriate behavior, you might want to rethink your membership here.
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 1:51 PM on December 13, 2004

*sigh* Zetetics has me there.

Here, let me help you sharpen that stick. . .
posted by Zetetics at 1:54 PM on December 13, 2004

S@L: If you find that to be inappropriate behavior, you might want to rethink your membership here.
posted by xmutex at 2:03 PM on December 13, 2004

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL


BUSH WINS


THREE POINT FIVE MILLION

MOST POPULAR VOTE FOR US PRESIDENT IN HISTORY
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 7:36 AM PST on November 3
posted by Saucy Intruder at 2:05 PM on December 13, 2004

S@L: Wait, you want us to all be really sensitive to your feelings and not post anything that poor little Stevie is going to start whining about?

Suck it up.
posted by bshort at 2:07 PM on December 13, 2004

xmutex: OH BURN!
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 2:09 PM on December 13, 2004

Fuck George Bush, man.
posted by hackly_fracture at 2:09 PM on December 13, 2004

Has the comment been deleted?
posted by dhoyt at 2:14 PM on December 13, 2004

Mmmmm, yea. As someone who voted for Bushie, I didn't even notice this until you called it out (it's the subject/heading of the post, or whatever you call it). This is a pretty weak callout...stuff that's not necessary? According this callout, every politics post and then some would not be necessary.
posted by jmd82 at 2:16 PM on December 13, 2004

S@L: See I don't even know how you can show your face around here now.
posted by xmutex at 2:17 PM on December 13, 2004

S@L: Thanks for bringing extra attention to what is in every other way an exemplary front page post.
posted by liam at 2:22 PM on December 13, 2004

I wonder how much his Daddy paid to get him that special place? Damned nepotism.

Or should that be "nepotism of the damned"?
posted by filmgoerjuan at 2:22 PM on December 13, 2004

dhoyt, i wondered the same at first. but it wasn't a comment, it's the post title.
posted by quonsar at 2:24 PM on December 13, 2004

the only deleted comment was likely mine:

there's a special place in the bush administration for satan.
posted by quonsar at 2:26 PM on December 13, 2004

Blah, blah, blah.... Righteous indignation, blah blah blah.

Get over it.
posted by SweetJesus at 2:28 PM on December 13, 2004

Like the Partridge Family... but evil
posted by danOstuporStar at 2:30 PM on December 13, 2004

LOL BUSH SUPPORTARS R DUM LOL!!11elelvenone!!
posted by naxosaxur at 2:34 PM on December 13, 2004

I dunno Steve. If you like Dante, it seems like a good case could be made for Levels 7, 8, and 9. The real question is where exactly is the place for Bush in hell. So hard to choose.
posted by drpynchon at 2:34 PM on December 13, 2004

"special place" = "on the throne"
posted by scarabic at 2:37 PM on December 13, 2004

"special place" = "on the throne"

As a liberal satanist, I shudder in fear at the thought.
posted by cosmonik at 2:44 PM on December 13, 2004

All I know is that I'm gonna be pissed if Bush stole that fiery barcalounger I've had my eye on.
posted by COBRA! at 2:46 PM on December 13, 2004

If you find that to be appropriate behavior, you might want to rethink your membership here.

I know I've read that sentiment before. It's.. Hmm.. on the tip of my tongue here. Oh, yeah! On a bumper sticker!

Metafilter: Love It or Leave It
posted by Hildago at 3:00 PM on December 13, 2004

If you don't like it here then leave....go to Canada or whatever you hippie.

Right, then what were we talking about?

I think hell is a special place where all lawyers / politicians have reserved stalls. I don't think Satan cares red, blue, or green.
posted by Numenorian at 3:12 PM on December 13, 2004

this is old hat! let's go bash the thread that's shilling books for oprah!
posted by quonsar at 3:13 PM on December 13, 2004

quonsar, your's was the only comment worth saving.
posted by fenriq at 3:30 PM on December 13, 2004

If you find that to be appropriate behavior, you might want to rethink your membership here.

See, Steve, you have a captive audience. I'm willing to hear you out and not even debate. I just wanted to hear your reasoning. But you act like my wife: "If you don't know what you did wrong, *I'm* not going to tell you!"

You have to do better than that. With all the flaming of members here, I really don't see anything wrong with an epithet against Bush by someone who disagrees with his position on the Iraq War. I just don't see it.
posted by Doohickie at 3:41 PM on December 13, 2004

If you find that to be appropriate behavior, you might want to rethink your membership here.

You remind me of this one guy that once went net-stalker on a poster he disagreed with. And not counting the little stalking episode that guy acts like a complete asshole in general. For the life of me I can not remember his name but I do know that if I saw him calling someone out I would probably just take that as all the more reason for the offending comment or post in question to remain.
posted by weretable and the undead chairs at 3:52 PM on December 13, 2004

Some of us don't believe in hell.

"There is a special place in Springfield, MA for Bush"
posted by tpl1212 at 3:57 PM on December 13, 2004

Springfield? That's way out near the outer circles.

Now, "There is a special place in Minot, ND for Bush" actually sends a chill down my spine.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:00 PM on December 13, 2004

Stevie, it's so fitting that the part you couldn't really stomach in a post about dismembered kids is the part where somebody dissed your big Washington buddy
"a special place in hell". boo-hoo. that's so mean. much worse than, say, the pic where the guy has a foot blowm off and the other burnt to a crisp.

the bad bad bad MeFi bullies dissed your friend!!!

you're so sensitive, Stevie.

and your childish gloating on November 2 (or the constant, Tourettian tantrums) really make you a good nanny for other users. enjoy your November victory, and enjoy your Iraqi slaughterhouse, Stevie. enjoy the pics of your war.
posted by matteo at 4:06 PM on December 13, 2004

C'mon Steve, you gotta be kidding. I thought you were smarter than this. And thicker-skinned.
posted by beth at 4:06 PM on December 13, 2004

C'mon Steve, you gotta be kidding. I thought you were smarter than this. And thicker-skinned.

You and I both know this is the case. He's just doing it to make the Lefties run in circles and dance. S@L is MeFi's rightie puppeteer.
posted by eyeballkid at 4:12 PM on December 13, 2004

There is a special place in hell for Bush reserved, a place where he will be anally raped for all eternity with the dismembered limbs of the men and women he sent to war on a whim, and where he will scream and burn and roast and suffer, because the Lord is a righteous god.

*dances, whistling a sprightly jig*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:35 PM on December 13, 2004

Well he really got us good. I certainly feel the foolish one in this thread.
posted by Hildago at 4:35 PM on December 13, 2004

What Matteo said. Talk about divorced from reality.
posted by Rumple at 4:41 PM on December 13, 2004

What, the fucker has to be special even in Hell? I know the world ain't fair, but damn....
posted by c13 at 4:49 PM on December 13, 2004

Meanwhile, all the useful meetup info MeTa posts are being pushed into oblivion.

To all those pissing and moaning about how call-outs should be made in the Grey instead of the threads in question, I thought this bears repeating.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:25 PM on December 13, 2004

I laughed, and now I feel so dirty.
posted by squirrel at 5:26 PM on December 13, 2004

Meanwhile, all the useful meetup info MeTa posts are being pushed into oblivion

I'm pretty sure I can get to oblivion but I wish you folk would pick a date..
posted by srboisvert at 5:53 PM on December 13, 2004

Steve, your guy Bush owns the country. Can the liberals at least have Metafilter?

"There is a special place in hell for Bush." Only if there is a god.
posted by Arch Stanton at 5:54 PM on December 13, 2004

Steve, I like ya buddy, and usually I admire your chutzpah. But don't tape a kick me sign to yourself and get upset when somebody kicks. Especially if you don't have a point to make.
posted by jonmc at 6:04 PM on December 13, 2004

Steve, your guy Bush owns the country. Can the liberals at least have Metafilter?

No.
posted by JRun at 6:06 PM on December 13, 2004

steve = owned
posted by angry modem at 6:08 PM on December 13, 2004

JRun is always stopping our fun.
posted by Pretty_Generic at 6:09 PM on December 13, 2004

What angry modem said, about what matteo said.
posted by scarabic at 6:18 PM on December 13, 2004

Was quonsar's comment really deleted? Now that would strike me as unjust.
Snark of that calibre deserves to be preserved.
(also, what scarabic said.)
posted by Zetetics at 6:24 PM on December 13, 2004

there is a special place in hell for George W. Bush

Of course there is. He's special. Special like the Special Olympics are special.
posted by TimeFactor at 7:23 PM on December 13, 2004

How could this possibly be inappropriate? US citizens have been wishing US presidents in Hell publicly since at least the time of Lincoln.

S@L, are you suggesting that GWB is somehow more sacrosanct than Lincoln? Or that MeFi should somehow be more self-censoring than any other media outlet that is not owned by the Moon Church?

I am with the 19th-century French society priest who, as chronicled by Proust, was asked whether or not he believed in Hell. He responded, "Ah, madame, it is an article of the Holy Church and, as such, I must believe it. But let me tell you this--I do not for a second believe there is anyone IN it."

But I might make an exception for the entire Bush family. Them, and the person who invented the annoying cell-phone default ring tone that goes "dee-da-doo-da-dee-da-doo-da-DEE."
posted by Sidhedevil at 7:37 PM on December 13, 2004

Oh. So. Today it's about "special places in Hell."

Actually, as one on pretty intimate terms with Lord Beelzebub hisself, I can tell you there is a special place within The Circles of Hell, (as well as a very special Circle reserved within striking radius of the back of my rhetorical hand) for those who blithely ignore pictures of the truly obscene and unnecessary insult that is the senseless carnage their favorite President lied us into....and instead throw Yet Another MetaTalk tantrum about anyone daring to criticize Dear Leader.

'Course, le's not forget that other Circle of Hell, wherein some brilliantly create a Hell of contempt of their own making.

You remind me of this one guy that once went net-stalker on a poster he disagreed with. And not counting the little stalking episode that guy acts like a complete asshole in general. For the life of me I can not remember his name but I do know that if I saw him calling someone out I would probably just take that as all the more reason for the offending comment or post in question to remain.

Gosh. You'd think any given gutless net-stalker would want to....how do you say....rethink his membership here.....wouldn't you?

~wink~
posted by fold_and_mutilate at 10:10 PM on December 13, 2004

~chortle~
posted by adampsyche at 5:07 AM on December 14, 2004

What ever happened to 111?
posted by Prince Nez at 5:30 AM on December 14, 2004

~guzzle~
~burp~

What ever happened to 111?

The last metathing that sack of shit saw was the happy mathowie 3-cheese banhammer. And there was much rejoicing.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:33 AM on December 14, 2004

I know everyone here voted for Kerry and despises the President

A casual read of this askme thread proves otherwise.

And to answer your question Steve. Yes.
posted by Otis at 6:43 AM on December 14, 2004

"...your guy Bush owns the country. Can the liberals at least have Metafilter?"

It doesn't work that way.
posted by terrapin at 10:18 AM on December 14, 2004

You can't say Bush has reserved a special place in hell because hell is a fiction.

You could say something like Bush is a fascist, bigoted pig who tortured animals in his youth, because all of that has been factually proven.
posted by xammerboy at 10:18 AM on December 14, 2004

Of course there is. He's special. Special like the Special Olympics are special.

Don't go hatin' on the disabled, yo.
posted by scarabic at 10:31 AM on December 14, 2004

stavrosthewonderchicken said: And there was much rejoicing.

Or; 'And then Witty was forced to use his own account.'
posted by cosmonik at 3:05 PM on December 14, 2004

Witty is a homophobic Morrisey fan Randroid living in Geneva ?
posted by y2karl at 5:02 PM on December 14, 2004