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cool your jets but don't stay gone long - I don't always agree with you but you opine very well. Remember that any fool here can be on a jury (not me though - I keep myself out of the pool because I am too often multi-tasking) 
Notice Jury 2's vote and comment ... But I guess calling someone a "prick" is so much less inappropriate than calling someone a "dick" when judging them for calling someone a "prick."
I've done that a couple of times when they were so insulting that I thought admins should have a look. I think juror #2's comment qualifies... 
Then I learned that you can alert on them, so I did. We may not know who jury members are, but the admins do...
The admins are the final arbitrators of everything here, keep track of those who cause serious problems, and they do ban members, so it sure wouldn't hurt. I think it was totally inappropriate to vote to hide a post and then repeat the offense.
because if you do, THEY win.. 
If you let some jack hammer at the other end of the internet run you off. You are one of my favorites here. So go take your break - spend time with your daughter as she is heading out of the nest soon . . .
But hurry back! 
People are flat out cussing out the idiots perpetuating the "Obama Proclaimed May 1 to be Loyalty Day" idiocy and I don't blame them one bit. Community standards are out of the damn door, not that they were ever all that strong to begin with.
There was a post on the home page yesterday and the poster was actually PISSED that people were actually blaming the Republicans and their unprecedented filibustering obstinance for a large chunk of the dysfunctionality in Washington right now because as far as this poster was concerned, ALL bad shit is Obama's fault. ANYTIME, EVER. And of course he got the 150+ obligatory recs from the slobbering idiots backing him up.
I will try my hardest not to note the elephant in the room which is that DU, especially GD, is comprised of the primarily the exact same demographics that frequent Free Republic and the Republican Party. I don't think it's a coincidence that the loudest, dumbest, most prolific (I mean 5-10 OPs a day -- seemingly EVERY day) posters who hate everything this president does fit the Tea Party demographic to a T. Coincidence, I'm sure.
I even asked Skinner how it must make him feel to know that DUs demographics don't even faintly resemble that of the Dem party. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1259&pid=1486 No response from Skinner himself (which you know, I'm totally shocked about 
) but a few DUers have taken it upon themselves to send me some very interesting responses.
as disappointing as it may be, there it is!
One would think that the Admins would keep a watchful eye on the Democrat and B/O Forums, in particular ... since this IS DEMOCRATICunderground and each of these forums have a STATED purpose ... to root out those that demonstrate time and again that they have no love for the Democratic Party, in general, and President Obama, in particular.
Can you imagine this open hostility being allowed in the Israel Forum? (I hear tell that merely pointing out that the Minister Farakhan had evolved in his speech, thoughts and actions with respect to people of the Jewish Faith; or raising the question of whether zionism has roots in eastern european white supremacy, will get one T/Sed before the end of the day.)
Maybe the Admins are just tired?
Maybe, they just haven't figured out a strategy for dealing with folks?
Maybe, this franchise has evolved, in true capitalistic fashion, to the point where $$$ subsumes the original mission?
The answer to these questions are pivotal ... and the answer will be evident.
I had thought of suggesting they not have Forum posts appear on the main page. That would lessen the exposure of PRO-Democratic/Pro President Obama threads (read: lessen them being shat upon) because then the shatters would have to actively seek out the threads for their daily shitting, giving those of us that enjoy DU, in general, an oportunity to read the plethora of interesting articles that are unrelated to the Democratic Party or President Obama AND have space to discuss the Democratic Party and President Obama.
But then I did the experiment of going to the main page and viewing every post that had the words "Democrat" and/or "
President) Obama" ... and realized what that page would look like ... a most UNdemocratic party/Un President Obama, more like a dredge/freeer, page.
You caught that?
I was hoping others would see and respond before you commented; but I laughing as I was typing.
I hear you about the tone of DU these days ... and I've have thought of bouncing many a post ... day ... but, as anti-Democrat/anti-President Obama as this place has become, there still are some posts that catch my interest.
