A group member was banned today for something said about one of the candidates.

[Autumn]

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[Hissyspit]

1. Good grief, he's been here for a long time!

What did he/she say?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Earl G. shows it on his transparency page.

[Autumn]

5. I didn't find the post EalG referenced, Swilton thought it was the OP he posted here in the group

but that remark isn't in that OP.

[Electric Monk]

20. I found it, fwiw

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1280182729#post17

[Autumn]

23. That's it. Thanks for finding it

[Joe Shlabotnik]

27. Ouch!

Honesty stings sometimes.

[TIME TO PANIC]

3. I got my first hide today.

I asked a new DU member(a Hillary supporter that was in the Bernie group), how much David Brock paid them, and they alerted it. Apparently you can't ask members if they're paid trolls even if they insult you.

[artislife]

7. Don't ask them, just let them know you see it

and you can. Short stay and already posting OP after OP and large post counts. This means they paid to join. Who the eff pays to join a site when you don't have to in the beginning?

[TIME TO PANIC]

14. Point taken. n/t

[Hydra]

9. Don't bother asking, we all know who they are

The fact that we have something solid backing it up just confirms it for all of us.

Keep in mind also that they are paid to post- I played with a few of them during the cycle to confirm my suspicions, but on general principle, ignore them and do not engage. Let them try and justify talking to themselves for their paycheck.

[TIME TO PANIC]

12. You're right, lesson learned.

No point in engaging them.

[desmiller]

4. Fellow Berners: this OP is a warning, A BIG ONE. Be careful how you criticize.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. +1

[Joe Shlabotnik]

28. 'zactly

Make your argument, defend it though be careful. Its in our best interests to stick together, and stick around. We've got a fight on our hands.

[desmiller]

29. Indeed we do. I'm going to keep my "Naughty List" sarcasms to a extreme low.

Tonight, the moon is full without a cloud in sight. We will be easy prey if we get too passionate.

[Joob]

37. Agh, I had a moment where someone said Only one Democrat is running and it's Hillary

I kind of went off. So I dunno, might get banned,so much for Democracy.

[Doctor_J]

8. The hillarians are constantly whining about the Bernie underground

Yet liberal lifelong democrats get banned for posts like that one

[Hydra]

10. Every post Team Hill makes is calculated

Very few of them believe what they are posting, it's just a tactic.

We're not all racist, sexist BernieBros to them, just people getting in the way of their bonuses.

[Autumn]

11. I have seen much worse said about Bernie. With absolutely no repercussions.

[desmiller]

13. Yesterday, someone was talking about his age, and a grumpy old man attitude saying something like

"Get off my lawn!" Someone alerted it, and still stands as we speak.

[Old Codger]

15. I was on a jury

where the op called Bernie a "condescending motherfucker" and it was allowed to stand.. so piss on the so called jury system it is actually worse than the real thing out in the world.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1433616

[dana_b]

16. ageism is completely tolerated on this site

and i do not understand it.

If anyone said some stereotypic comment about a woman or a person of another race, everyone would be RIGHTLY up in arms. But evidently being older is something to be mocked and jeered.

[greymouse]

17. you go that right, dada_b

Ageism is fine, apparently.

I got a post hidden today in the middle of a long thread with most people saying exactly the same thing as I did. Juries, run amok. another reason why Liberals probably need another home than DU. I guess if JFK had posted his why I am a liberal speech here, he'd have been thrown out too.

[dana_b]

18. wow... I don't even know what was wrong with your

post. The "smirking Clinton faces" part? That's NOTHING compared to the things that I've seen Bernie called AND left alone!

I need to get over to JPR. This place is going to hell in a hand basket.

[840high]

26. About a month ago he

was called a SOB - and they let it stand.

[TM99]

19. Well apparently Skinner

is not in GE mode but EarlG is.

They probably ought to get on the same page.

[frylock]

21. Weekends seem to be a prime time for alerting swarming.

[dreamnightwind]

22. Thanks for the warning, everyone be careful out there

We can see where the line here was. Saying a 3rd Clinton term would be worse than a 1st Trump term. Though I have not seen the post, only the remark on Swilton's Transparency page, so don't know the full context.

Sad to lose a good long-time member, RIP swilton.

[jillan]

24. What really bothers me is there is a thread in GDP that is baiting us to say we would vote

for Trump.

Be careful out there everyone!

[Autumn]

25. I saw that one and just ignored it. We all know which ones we need to stay away from.

[SoapBox]

30. Makes me so fucking mad.

I hope they will be over at JPR to continue the good fight.

So disgusted.

[malokvale77]

31. What the hell

100% jury eligible and no visible transparency.

[Autumn]

32. No hidden posts. Unlike the poster who called Bernie a son of a bitch

That posts stands today.

[malokvale77]

34. What has Skinner unleashed?

I was going to say more, but I'll keep what i know to myself.

[agracie]

35. At JPR, you can say what's on your mind as long as you remain civil. No hassles. No juries. All we

ask is that you are a Bernie supporter.

[Contrary1]

36. Doesn't matter in the long run...

I think most Bernie supporters will exit one way or the other. Pretty obvious to me why we've been allowed to stay this long.

The plans were for her to run unopposed, you know.