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No refuge over here at DU, either? (Original Post) Chitown Kev Feb 2016 OP
Hell no, this place is out of control. giftedgirl77 Feb 2016 #1
Hey Kev--I saw you over at DK in Bravenak's thread. I was going to ask you what it is like over MADem Feb 2016 #2
Sheeit, I'm collecting the many different flavors Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #3
Uh oh! MADem Feb 2016 #8
Please try www.thepeoplesview.net kaiden Feb 2016 #33
I've had some interesting PM discussions that start with me saying ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #4
I might not be so quietly Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #5
Yeah ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #6
Then if it gets called out then we'll be the bigots... Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #7
Well ... You just have to call it out without using the word they used ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2016 #10
Aren't we always anyway??? Number23 Feb 2016 #11
Gotta blame someone! MADem Feb 2016 #9
We did get "the Queen's arrogant maidservant" brer cat Feb 2016 #12
LOL!!!! MADem Feb 2016 #13
And of course, Sanders's losing will the fault of us Neegrahs! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #16
Lawd Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #14
Damn rbrnmw Feb 2016 #19
omgomg I knew whose OP that was without looking, obviously. (nt) betsuni Feb 2016 #24
Had it been almost anyone else Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #26
It never ends... betsuni Feb 2016 #27
Eww. ismnotwasm Feb 2016 #25
Alert JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #29
Yikes. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2016 #34
Alerting is pointless... SidDithers Feb 2016 #35
Seen a couple of posts today amplifying Juror 7's bullshit emulatorloo Feb 2016 #36
It'll be over after Tuesday! Keep your head up! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2016 #15
It'll be incredibly funny Jamaal510 Feb 2016 #20
Yeah, they are ready to stalk my behind now! Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #17
folks are losing their damn minds in GDP rbrnmw Feb 2016 #18
The People's View Jamaal510 Feb 2016 #21
Great site! JustAnotherGen Feb 2016 #30
Already begun. zappaman Feb 2016 #22
They are not even trying to hide it now Chitown Kev Feb 2016 #23
When they threaten to vote for trump gwheezie Feb 2016 #28
I get knots in my stomach thinking about Trump rbrnmw Feb 2016 #31
Now I see you're flagged for review.. Cha Feb 2016 #32
This is getting egregious! WHERE ARE THE ADMINS? MADem Feb 2016 #37
+1! Cha Feb 2016 #38
+1 Starry Messenger Feb 2016 #39
+1 ismnotwasm Feb 2016 #40
+1 nt susanr516 Feb 2016 #41

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. Hey Kev--I saw you over at DK in Bravenak's thread. I was going to ask you what it is like over
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 10:32 PM
Feb 2016

there.

Looking for a place where you don't get a hide for expressing an uplifting and positive opinion about a candidate that isn't named Bernard.

I do hope the events of tomorrow slow the roll of some of our most vociferous alert stalkers, insulters, complainers and professional victims.

Chitown Kev

(2,197 posts)
3. Sheeit, I'm collecting the many different flavors
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 10:37 PM
Feb 2016

of the Michelle Obama sideeye...'cause if I say shit, I can't be accountable for what comes out of my mouth from reading this ignorant bullshit

MADem

(135,425 posts)
8. Uh oh!
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 10:52 PM
Feb 2016

I am looking for some good discussion, like this place used to be, back in the day. Now ya can't say anything without getting zapped. It sucks!

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
4. I've had some interesting PM discussions that start with me saying ...
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 10:38 PM
Feb 2016
I'll tell yah ...

Saturday Night and into Sunday is going to be really ugly on DU.

By then the Bernie supporters will finally realize that reality is really real and they have just been lying to themselves.

I ... will be quietly LMBAO.


 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
6. Yeah ...
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 10:46 PM
Feb 2016

What you bet "that word" slips out ... not in a racist way; but, because they were just really, really angry/disappointed.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
10. Well ... You just have to call it out without using the word they used ...
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 10:59 PM
Feb 2016

If you do, you get the hide ... But if you don't use the exact phrasing, then brace yourself for ... "You just misinterpreted what they said!"

MADem

(135,425 posts)
9. Gotta blame someone!
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 10:55 PM
Feb 2016

I guess some terms are easier to spell out than the classic "Low Information Voters."

brer cat

(24,579 posts)
12. We did get "the Queen's arrogant maidservant"
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 11:28 PM
Feb 2016

briefly until a jury took it away. I thought adding grandiloquence to the usual mix was a refreshing change.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
13. LOL!!!!
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 11:39 PM
Feb 2016

Refreshing, indeed!

I too can bear insult if it's at least somewhat eloquent or loquacious!

Chitown Kev

(2,197 posts)
14. Lawd
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 12:00 AM
Feb 2016
On Fri Feb 26, 2016, 09:44 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Why??? - Do Major Players In The AA Community Tend To Go Quiet When One Of Theirs Supports Bernie ??
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511348909

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

This post is a nasty, ridiculous poke in the eye of DU's AA community and really black people as a whole. No one black has to answer this poster's incessant "demands" to understand something that should be common sense to everyone. Yet another cringe-inducing, tone deaf post that says far more about this individual poster than he could ever hope to imagine.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Fri Feb 26, 2016, 09:52 PM, and the Jury voted 2-5 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: This is racially divisive.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Legitimate question in the OP, bullshit alert.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: There is nothing wrong with the post.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: It's primary season. People talk about groups of voters, legitimate or not. People talk about Latino voters, women voters, white voters. AA voters aren't a sacred cow that shall not be spoken of.
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Tried to give the benefit of the doubt BUT this poster has a long history of these posts. Were this a first timer, I would probably leave it alone, but WillyT, no.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Are AA voters now becoming like poor white republican voters? Voting against their own self interests?


Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.


I was Juror 6...and I could have gone either way on this, actually

JustAnotherGen

(31,828 posts)
29. Alert
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 03:38 AM
Feb 2016

Admin - they might bar that person from being on juries. They will put the comment in the person's profile.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
35. Alerting is pointless...
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 09:35 AM
Feb 2016

the jury system has become a partisan extension of the posting in GD: P.



Sid

emulatorloo

(44,133 posts)
36. Seen a couple of posts today amplifying Juror 7's bullshit
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 01:25 PM
Feb 2016

I was at a point when I thought DU could no longer shock me. Apparently that's not so.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
21. The People's View
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 02:10 AM
Feb 2016

might be a good spot to hang, if you haven't been there already. The folks there have zero toleration for trolls or racists. I fell in love with it.

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
28. When they threaten to vote for trump
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 03:34 AM
Feb 2016

It will be undeniable where they stand. I've seen some rumblings already.

rbrnmw

(7,160 posts)
31. I get knots in my stomach thinking about Trump
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 03:55 AM
Feb 2016

it's terrifying, the KKK and David Duke endorsed him.

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