I have never done this before but can we just start locking these dumb ass bigoted threads?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

ON EDIT: The nposter has edited and changed their mind on the original thread.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x428416

[ShortnFiery]

1. The "Ignore" key is your friend.

As the mother of a teenager, I FULLY realize my limitations with regard to controlling OTHER people's behavior.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. If someone posts some racist shit about black people. Guess what happens.

How exactly is this any different?

[ShortnFiery]

21. OK, why don't you take it up with the ADMINS instead of all this righteous rage?

It's really hollow "posturing" IMNSHO when we don't help MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK.

But that's just MY pushy little broad's opinion.

Feel FREE to carry-on with your outrage-fest but no "white hat" for you today. :shrug:

[PretzelWarrior]

22. I've alerted other posts like the one he's referencing

havent' seen any deleted or locked. so I think it's a valid concern.

[ShortnFiery]

24. Then send PMs to the ADMINS. There's no need to air our dirty laundry for the freepers

to pick apart.

[PretzelWarrior]

27. actually, it's good for them to see us chastising our own

I'm not sure if that is done much over there, but I'm happy to see so many arrive at the same conclusion regarding some people's stereotyping and ethnic slurs on Mr. Jindal.

[JuniperLea]

34. Yep... watch and learn

Good call.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

29. Actually a number of people alerted and nothing happened. Again you didn't address my point.

Talk about hollow posturing. What exactly is your point? Would you like a white hood to wear today?...... But seriously I'm actually I'm surprised I usually agree with a lot of your posts

[Hepburn]

40. ....

....:applause:

[demmiblue]

8. Some things shouldn't be ignored

If you can ignore it... well then, that is on you.

[Zodiak]

38. I agree

However, as an ex-mod, I would still request that people hit the alert button on those posts they find inappropriate. In this way, the scope of the problem may be known and appopriate action taken. Often the volume of alerts will raise the red flag and bring the issue to top priority.

Sometimes the mods do not get out much, and so they have to rely on alerters to let them know what is going on.

[Parker CA]

2. Agree. That one was a massive failure. n/t.

[BlooInBloo]

4. No. This is DU.

[PretzelWarrior]

11. what does that have to do with anything?

this isn't "Anything Goes Underground".

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

12. I don't know what that means. I'm guessing there's some sarcasm there or something. nt

[BlooInBloo]

14. Excellent guess.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

16. I'm a little slow........ nt

[BlooInBloo]

17. Not as slow as the other guy. :)

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

19. Yeah but I'm Puerto Rican so you know what that means. Shit!!! I have now become prejudiced

against myself.

[BlooInBloo]

30. The Puerto Ricans Are Coming!!!!

:rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jSRAIdbBQc

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

32. I'm at work you bastard! People are not supposed to see me laughing while I stare at my monitor! nt

[BlooInBloo]

33. BWAHAHAHAAA!!!!

:evilgrin:

[baldguy]

5. Alerted

and I like the dancing Ultraman.

[PretzelWarrior]

15. you alerted the original poster?

if so, you are a hack.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

37. I got him in to defend me against Forkboy's Godzilla. nt

[kiva]

6. What you said. n/t

[Peacetrain]

7. Well thank you for pointing that out.. it gives me a chance to give

my 2 cents worth on that kind of racist tripe. Stand back, I am wading in !!

[PretzelWarrior]

9. definitely delete the posts...warn the poster

and then later ban if they don't want to be civil and remain unbigoted in their discussions.

[demmiblue]

10. I agree!

I am sure it will be taken care of shortly.

[PretzelWarrior]

13. RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

[Occam Bandage]

18. This is DU. Brown-skinned Republicans are fair game.

After all, Republicans said racist things about Obama, so we should try to match them slur for slur and dogwhistle for dogwhistle.

[Left Is Write]

20. That's the argument that baffles me.

Republicans said ugly, racist things about Obama, so it's okay for us to be racist and ugly too? Does not compute.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

23. Actually it is DU where only a minority of posters make that type of comment and are open

minded enough to see the error of their ways unlike many other places.

[PretzelWarrior]

25. I agree about minority. open minded? not all of them.

I don't want to pile on. I just can't stand to see us become them so quickly. You know, it hurts the DEMOCRATIC BRAND and of course the main point is it is a hurtful type of behavior.

Maybe we have Indian American posters who don't like Bobby Jindal being treated to the name calling based on his origins.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

31. Well not one community is a hundred percent of anything. But just look at the majority

of responses and the result.

[Peacetrain]

26. True.. DU'ers are humans too, and can make mistakes, but the big

difference is , "we" can stand back and look and make corrections.. Unlike the rush/hannity republicans who cannot

[Occam Bandage]

28. You're right. This community has largely been opposed to this outcropping of ugliness,

and I shouldn't denigrate good people for the actions of a misguided minority.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

36. Yeah but between the two of us. Skinner is a dick.

:evilgrin: Shit now I'm a gonner for sure...... Just kidding bro.

[JuniperLea]

35. Alert, alert, alert!

And keep it up.

We should be above this.

[Hepburn]

39. I thought one of the rules on the DU was that we cannot call out ...

...other DUers.

If you don't like a post or think it violates the rules, I do believe there is an "alert" button that one can use.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

46. Then let them delete it. I call this shit out when I see it. Don't like it? You're more than

welcome to put me on ignore. You know, that little button on the left.

[TexasObserver]

41. Skinner has a THOUGHTFUL thread about this topic.

This thread is merely you calling out the Mods and Admins for taking an approach different from the one you would take.

The matter is being dealt with in a manner that prefers the discussion over the smack down.

[cbc5g]

42. Rofl so now making fun of peoples names is being bigoted?

I guess we should apologize to shrub and rummy and darth cheney or caribou barbie now because that's obviously racist too...


man you guys are fucking insane with this shit.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

44. You're goddamn right "Slumdog Barbie and Mumbai Gumbo" are fucking racist.

How do those 2 exactly relate to his name? You wanna call him Jin and tonic or some silly shit like that I don't see a problem. That is making fun of his name (although it is an extremely lame example). Now that other stuff is freeper humor.

[Baikonour]

43. In the words of Maynard James Keenan..

"Fuck censorship."

Just use the ignore thread function.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

45. Oh you must have missed the million inflammatory threads that have been deleted in

the past 8 years. Bigoted comments get "censored" in this board all the time.