The best defense is to claim offense.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

1. This is one of the best posts I've read in a long time

The jury system has become a tool used by some in the majority as an attempt to stifle minority opinion, whether that be LGBT issues, women's rights, or atheism. Some of it is, plain and simple, ignorance. With others, it's more malicious. Indeed, some posters seem almost gleeful when they're able to shut down the discussion of minority views.

It's been made pretty clear that majority suppression of minority opinions is going to be tolerated on DU3 to a certain extent, so education is the only way to get other DUers to understand how it hurts the community. I hate to say that I'm not optimistic that positive change is anywhere close, but I could be wrong. It just seems that some groups have been relegated to their own water fountains, so to speak, and that's just the way it's going to be.