Well, that was an impressive flameout.

[NuclearDem]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026050954

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[RockaFowler]

1. Oh my

Wow that was just horrible

[SidDithers]

2. What a fucking asshat...

Good riddance.

Sid

[boston bean]

3. And someone felt the moral high ground was to excuse themselves

from the jury, because they just couldn't hide it, because of Tom Sawyer , because well, we should all be discussing this bullshit bigotry over and over and over and over again, instead of taking a stand against it.

[el_bryanto]

5. Well she participated in the discussion

And seems to have come to a better understanding of why that sort of post shouldn't be allowed. So that's good.

Bryant

[boston bean]

6. mmm..mmm... I suppose you didn't read all of the posts

and some after that post that you are referring to. I'm not as convinced.

There is a certain mindset here, of some, that leaving bigoted crap like this is progressive - NO IT IS NOT. Or it's better to leave it for all to see. Problem with the latter is a bigot gets to stay here verbally assaulting others. I think that is pretty screwed up.

[el_bryanto]

7. This seemed like an open and shut case to me

I do tend to come down on the side of discussion rather than hiding though. I guess my thought process goes like this - if it's a clear attack based on bigotry (as in this example) than it should be hidden. If it's just something stupid, than does there seem to be malice behind it? If it feels malicious - looking at other comments, than hide it. But if I'm not sure if it's malicious or not, than leave it so that it can be discussed and hopefully the poster can learn something.

I rarely excuse myself from juries unless I know the person and have had run ins with them.

Bryant

[bullwinkle428]

9. For people that want all this bigoted bullshit out in the open, well,

let them get their jollies over at Discussionist.

[Major Nikon]

4. I've seen lit farts that were better

Seems more like a fizzle.

[Orrex]

8. The Pennsylvania Scrapple Cartel strikes again

[Behind the Aegis]

10. It is a favorite among certain cliques.

Unsurprisingly, the same sentiment has been made, though not in as crude a manner, many times.