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In reply to the discussion: Apology to Bravenak [View all]Raksha
(7,167 posts)280. I agree with you, Nadin.
It's not a bug but a feature. That's one of the reasons I don't frequent this site as often as I used to.
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relevent to my post how? (rhetorical question; I'm truly not interested in your answer)
magical thyme
Aug 2015
#13
not everybody is familiar with Game of Thrones. I read it as a threat, as I
magical thyme
Aug 2015
#25
being passionate or angry or upset about something to the point where you are on the brink
magical thyme
Aug 2015
#151
I consider it my job as a juror to understand the post well enough to assess whether it violates CS
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2015
#149
So why doesn't somebody answer that question, because I don't have a good or even fair
magical thyme
Aug 2015
#188
again, the questioner and anybody else, can read them on her transparency page
magical thyme
Aug 2015
#21
I definitely recommend that. And I would tell people to keep in mind that AA folks through BLM
stevenleser
Aug 2015
#82
Cool little bumper-sticker you wrote-- though unsupported by link provided
LanternWaste
Aug 2015
#202
At least Dr. H. had the links to the actual posts in question for all to see.
KittyWampus
Aug 2015
#214
We've banned more people in the last TWO DAYS than in the previous FOUR FUCKING YEARS
Number23
Aug 2015
#259
Those silly people of color get so upset that their fellow POC are being murdered. They should calm
stevenleser
Aug 2015
#90
Which part? That their rhetoric upset folks? Because it clearly did. Or that POC are being murdered?
stevenleser
Aug 2015
#98
Cops killed 350 black people in the past year. They also killed 850 non-black people.
Comrade Grumpy
Aug 2015
#173
Walking into someone else's house and spitting on the rug is bad manners. Take it to GD and GD-P
Hekate
Aug 2015
#171
She did have some bullshit hides, based on her opinion rather than how she expressed it. n/t
pnwmom
Aug 2015
#225
in which case I'd expect you to encourage people to read the hidden posts
magical thyme
Aug 2015
#44
Yes indeed, you can she how see was STALKED. In close proximity. Because she had the NERVE
KittyWampus
Aug 2015
#52
That's what the alert police thought because they couldn't handle what she had to say.
Cha
Aug 2015
#73
I wish they'd leave the names up. I'm always curious to know who the troll was.
Hekate
Aug 2015
#244
One alert was terrible and the alerter was more abusive than the post Bravenak posted.
Thinkingabout
Aug 2015
#63
I think the posts in question and the timeline make it clear she was alert-stalked.
Chan790
Aug 2015
#65
Don't kid yourself, this is what DU always was. In 2008 it was LGBT people being used as political
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2015
#274
The treatment of bravenek and others since Saturday has been a remarkable spectacle
alcibiades_mystery
Aug 2015
#26
So we give her special leeway to post hurtful, rude, or over the top material?
BillZBubb
Aug 2015
#128
Agree.. everything Black Americans have been through over the centuries... thanks to
Cha
Aug 2015
#114
Hmph, well, I guess you're right, brevity was the wrong choice in this case.
prayin4rain
Aug 2015
#136
About the same time that it became ok to ask "what the fuck are you talking about?"
Orrex
Aug 2015
#187
If it were white kids getting gunned down senselessly left and right by scared black folks...
nomorenomore08
Aug 2015
#268
The apparent lack of diversity among Sanders supporters - while not inherently a negative -
nomorenomore08
Aug 2015
#267
I hope you're also alerting all the vile posts Bernie Sanders supporters are writing
KittyWampus
Aug 2015
#59
Given what the jury system on DU has become, that's not saying much at all. n/t
JTFrog
Aug 2015
#112
The white, fragile folks get time out for losing their shit while posting also, just
Zorra
Aug 2015
#212
She was alert trolled and she allowed herself to be drawn into angry, angry responses.....
marble falls
Aug 2015
#67
If you get alerted enough the laws of averages creep up on you. She allowed herself to be drawn...
marble falls
Aug 2015
#219
I read her transparency page, and her hides were no worse than mine have been. If you are....
Logical
Aug 2015
#233
Some people who are trying to make an impassioned point sometimes make word choices that
aikoaiko
Aug 2015
#81
That's mighty gracious of you to decline the apology on Bravenak's behalf.
Sheldon Cooper
Aug 2015
#164
The level of rage is something we can't understand unless we are experiencing what is happening in
jalan48
Aug 2015
#104
unfuckingbelievable that ugly stuff like that flies here. disappointing. bullshit hides.
bettyellen
Aug 2015
#174
I want to wrap this post in a blanket, put it on my knee and give it a cookie
Number23
Aug 2015
#261
I think the entire jury system is massively flawed--it's *designed* to punish minority opinion. nt
Romulox
Aug 2015
#134
I was not a fan. You have to be able to listen to more points of view than your own.
Vinca
Aug 2015
#150
Civility is a good general principle, but it shouldn't (and can't) be an ironclad law.
nomorenomore08
Aug 2015
#278
Her voice is missed. The alert-stalkers should be ashamed, but they don't know how. nt
Hekate
Aug 2015
#179
Bravenak is a great person and poster. Her posts were willfully misinterpreted
emulatorloo
Aug 2015
#210
I love Bravenak. I relate. She is a person who strives to be an honest broker while also containing
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2015
#273
The same person shouldn't be able to alert on another poster more than once a week.
Kurska
Aug 2015
#277