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EdwardBernays

(3,343 posts)
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 05:40 PM Mar 2016

So I had a post hidden

because it quoted south park... it was deemed to be too offensive to Hillary Clinton...

The post was from Salon, which commenters deemed to be a source of news from White Privilege.

Exactly what sort of groupthink are we meant to engage in?

At what point is this site and this "party" simply propaganda?

grumble grumble grumble...

If you wanna see what was so offensive, you can read it here:

http://www.salon.com/2016/03/23/hear_this_sanders_supporters_you_dont_need_to_back_hillary_you_have_every_right_to_say_bernie_or_bust/

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So I had a post hidden (Original Post) EdwardBernays Mar 2016 OP
I quoted Twitter revbones Mar 2016 #1
damn EdwardBernays Mar 2016 #3
Sample of whats to come. Downwinder Mar 2016 #2
Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #4
Representative of their candidate IMO. Downwinder Mar 2016 #5
And we were so sexist for some reason because he was a man. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #7
Toxic Bjornsdotter Mar 2016 #12
It was the Social Security Works coalition members onstage who gave the mic to BLM eridani Mar 2016 #15
This is why I have started saying yes to jury duty. peace13 Mar 2016 #6
Citing The Truth Got Me Banned corbettkroehler Mar 2016 #8
I dont see any links.. Baobab Mar 2016 #14
I 'survived' my alerted post New Earth Mar 2016 #9
I suggest that anyone who hasn't read the entire linked article take a few minutes... Contrary1 Mar 2016 #10
Authoritarians love that shit. Use ignore liberally. haikugal Mar 2016 #11
There is a minority that is swinging wildly at anything and everything SoapBox Mar 2016 #13
First hide in 12 years Bjornsdotter Mar 2016 #16
 

revbones

(3,660 posts)
1. I quoted Twitter
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 05:44 PM
Mar 2016

Last edited Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:35 PM - Edit history (1)

Mine was in a post about other twitter comments saying that they were twitter quotes, and even included other twitter comments. The alerter picked one, said I was saying it about Hillary and got it hid.

Response to EdwardBernays (Original post)

LiberalArkie

(15,727 posts)
7. And we were so sexist for some reason because he was a man.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:09 PM
Mar 2016

and then racist because Bernie let some BLM speakers speak in his place.
I can't remember, weren't we homophobic next?
And then Bernie was a thief because he hired an ex Obama and ex DNC worker.
And then the Bernie supporters do not vote, just stand in line for 6 hours in rain and snow to hear Bernie talk.
And then Bernie hires another ex Obama campaign worker who right before an election jumps ship to Clinton.

But in all that we know that it is impossible to run a campaign on small donations, you have to have wall street support. No need to speak to rallies, because of wall street support. It has been told to Democratic party campaigners for years.

eridani

(51,907 posts)
15. It was the Social Security Works coalition members onstage who gave the mic to BLM
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 04:19 AM
Mar 2016

Sanders deferred to that decision, entirely correctly, IMO.

 

peace13

(11,076 posts)
6. This is why I have started saying yes to jury duty.
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:06 PM
Mar 2016

I have been against the jury system here since its inception. Last week I had my first hide ever which turned into two before the day was out. So now I say yes to jury because some of the people out here are very screwed up. I still vote as fairly as possible or refuse to vote if I can't be fair.

corbettkroehler

(1,898 posts)
8. Citing The Truth Got Me Banned
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:12 PM
Mar 2016

I responded to a tilted thread in the HRC group with some simple facts and was banned. If you'd like to know the particulars, here's the original and my response:

Baobab

(4,667 posts)
14. I dont see any links..
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 08:51 PM
Mar 2016

>If you'd like to know the particulars, here's the original and my response:


Is there an additional layer of hiding going on?

New Earth

(9,745 posts)
9. I 'survived' my alerted post
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:36 PM
Mar 2016

and realized why I need to GTFO of GDP and go back to only lurking in it, no posting!

Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
10. I suggest that anyone who hasn't read the entire linked article take a few minutes...
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 06:54 PM
Mar 2016

"Eight years ago, Barack Obama glided to victory on a progressive platform that promised real change. But after eight years of brutal compromise and frustrating stalemates with the GOP, Gitmo remains open, American troops are still in Afghanistan, the criminals that engineered the financial crisis are at large, and race relations have deteriorated rather than improved. Now Sanders supporters hear Hillary Clinton promising to continue wherever Barack Obama leaves off, and they wonder what the point of four more years of the same would be in an increasingly desperate country and, indeed, world. To the Bernie or Busters, half-measures no longer cut it. It’s why they’re for Sanders in the first place..."

I didn't write this paragraph, but it sums up my feelings well.

Thanks for posting it!

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
13. There is a minority that is swinging wildly at anything and everything
Thu Mar 24, 2016, 08:40 PM
Mar 2016

that doesn't fit their world view about "her".

They try to stifle fact...and truth...and speech.

It's so Democratic...not.

Bjornsdotter

(6,123 posts)
16. First hide in 12 years
Fri Mar 25, 2016, 02:30 PM
Mar 2016

....so the hunt is on. Some may remember when we were told yesterday that we were toxic. My mistake was in not putting up a or a link back to the thread.

....and you are toxic
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1391027

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Now democrats are telling democrats that their vote is not needed, this kind of attitude has to stop.

JURY RESULTS

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Fri Mar 25, 2016, 02:00 PM, and voted 4-3 to HIDE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: inexcusable personal insult

Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I don't agree with it, nobody's vote is toxic or not needed. But it's not beyond the pale on this message board, unfortunately.

Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Personal attack

Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: It's obvious sarcasm. The alerter should perhaps read the entire thread rather than just hunting for Bernie supporters to alert on.

Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: I realize that the primaries are a time of great within-party conflict, but let's try to keep from getting personal!

Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given

Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given

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