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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:01 AM Sep 2012

I figured I'd get this response...

At Sun Sep 16, 2012, 02:41 AM you sent an alert on the following post:

I think they're looking to make him a gay hero,
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1352929

REASON FOR ALERT:

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)

YOUR COMMENTS:

Clearly homophobia..."further an agenda"...where are we Free Republic? Go for it you "progressives"

JURY RESULTS

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Sun Sep 16, 2012, 02:59 AM, and voted 2-4 to LEAVE IT ALONE.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT and said: Agreed. Homophobia. Not OK.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: I don't see the homophobia here.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: The "agenda" is about making him a hero symbolic of a group - that doesn't equate to being a homophobe. It's going to get the point that you can't have an opposing viewpoint with someone on an LGBT issue without being labeled as such if this is considered a homophobic comment

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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
9. I need to block GD entirely...
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:04 AM
Sep 2012

Someone else posted about keeping your mouth shuts until after the election...sarcastically, of course...but there's a lot of that out there at GD right now.

intaglio

(8,170 posts)
2. Personally? the OP stank, the alerted post not so much.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 05:18 AM
Sep 2012

A person's sexuality has no bearing on their professional life so why raise it?

Using the word "agenda" does not always mean "the Gay agenda" and in this case I read it as complaining about the OP's personal agenda.

Stop seeing prejudice where there is none; your best response would have been to have quietly pointed out, in thread or by PM, that the word could be misunderstood. It was not worthy of an alert as the jury quite rightly found.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
4. Gee, I've never seen you post here before...
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 06:23 AM
Sep 2012

Thanks for imparting your "wisdom" so we know what to see and stay in our places.

mitchtv

(17,718 posts)
15. thank god there's always a strait adult around
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 04:50 PM
Sep 2012

to tell us all about ourselves.
I told dsc to stay away from that plqce

MNBrewer

(8,462 posts)
6. The concern that, if Ambassador Stevens was gay, it's best that it remain unknown
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:01 AM
Sep 2012

, out of respect for HIS wishes of course, is typical of the lingering homophobia at the heart of many heterosexual progressives/liberals.

Out of respect for HIS wishes, of course.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
7. The responses were especially vicious towards DSC
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:03 AM
Sep 2012

It wasn't disagreeing with him, it was yelling at him...because they're all so understanding, dontcha know!

MNBrewer

(8,462 posts)
10. yes
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:06 AM
Sep 2012

That's why I thought I'd spread a little love for dsc here, where the homophobes have to tread a little more lightly.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
12. I just noticed it has risen from the dead over there...
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 08:55 AM
Sep 2012

At this point it just needs to drop and go away...

Yeah, that alcoholism thing was especially bad.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
13. Let me spell it out. They are a contingent of new posters who want to see
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 09:22 AM
Sep 2012

anti blasphmy laws internationally. That means here. That means they come to say the First Amendment needs limits, but if you ask them about religious figures who speak hate against gays, they will not respond. They want it to be illegal to criticize religion, but they want religion free to call others every name in the book, for their gods or idols or egos....
They want a law which would protect Fred Phelps from us, but not us from him.

FreeState

(10,572 posts)
17. I gave up on that thread after this:
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 11:21 PM
Sep 2012
" Is it totally necessary to know who he preferred having sex with in order to care about that?"


Cause its all about sex you know...

JI7

(89,249 posts)
18. the ones upset over mention of This Man being Gay are probably the same ones
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 12:54 AM
Sep 2012

who love to laugh about some wingnuts being gay . you know the "is karl rove gay" type stuff ?

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