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femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:24 PM Mar 2014

Has anyone heard from Concerned Canuk?

I haven't seen any posts from him in a long time. I did a search back to Jan. 1 and got no results.

Maybe he is stuck in a snowdrift or something! He lives in the backwoods somewhere in Canada.

CC, where are you???

Concerned, femmocrat

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Has anyone heard from Concerned Canuk? (Original Post) femmocrat Mar 2014 OP
He is no longer part of DU. PPR In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #1
Oh crap. femmocrat Mar 2014 #2
I did an edit on my last post to include his profile. In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #3
Did you see the one nasty homophobic post about the olympics? NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #7
I did see it. In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #12
I'm not seeing a MIRT thread on this member. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #14
I'll take a look. In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #15
sorry In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #16
I had no idea either... Phentex Mar 2014 #24
Of course I wasn't part of the conversation. I wonder if it was this post. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #4
If that was what got him PPR that seems a avebury Mar 2014 #6
Typically, admins look for a pattern. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #11
This person got ppred too for this post azurnoir Mar 2014 #17
Well, I am ever less supportive of the Olympics. I'm sorry that CC cared so much. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #18
To be honest I couldn't say I boycotted the Olympics for the same reason azurnoir Mar 2014 #19
You said Chik Fil A so I am now obliged to post this youtube video. Warning. Tosh.0 NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #20
oh I've been exposed to Tosh :) azurnoir Mar 2014 #21
Drag queen awesomeness! Agschmid Mar 2014 #22
LOL, it's Ten Times funnier starting at about 2:30. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #23
What happened to get him PPR? nt avebury Mar 2014 #5
See In_The_Wind's edited post and all will be revealed. femmocrat Mar 2014 #9
This should explain it. In_The_Wind Mar 2014 #10
DAMN! elleng Mar 2014 #8
At the risk of being banned myself, I'll remind Skinner et all that they banned MiddleFingerMom. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #13
I'm shocked, and certainly saddened to see him go too. Joe Shlabotnik Mar 2014 #26
MFM was banned for "bad humor" which is why it was reversed. Behind the Aegis Mar 2014 #27
Look, I totally agree with you. MFM was a gem and that one post wasn't indicative of a pattern. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #29
I'm sorry to see that... magical thyme Mar 2014 #25
I see him on Facebook. Blue_In_AK Mar 2014 #28
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
7. Did you see the one nasty homophobic post about the olympics?
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:36 PM
Mar 2014

I think it's one of those cases where you step over the line and then you're toast.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=713872

Me, I was all like "Fuck the Olympics, especially with this gay banning shit" but I was hating the Olympics anyway.

I have no idea why the member would want to defend the "games".

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
14. I'm not seeing a MIRT thread on this member.
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:48 PM
Mar 2014

Do you have a link you can send by PM?

And, like you, I was not interested in the Olympics drama.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
16. sorry
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 12:19 AM
Mar 2014

I can't find the thread. It's somewhere around pages 15 to 17.

Sending you a link to the actual bann notification.

Phentex

(16,330 posts)
24. I had no idea either...
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 10:40 AM
Mar 2014

guess I missed all of that. Some people just choose to post less but I don't always check to see if they'd been PPR'd.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
4. Of course I wasn't part of the conversation. I wonder if it was this post.
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:33 PM
Mar 2014
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=713872

It is pretty offensive, but this POV is not uncommon among especially older folks. Honestly, I don't know that I'd ban a person for it but I'm not surprised if that's what happened.

It's got that "some of my best friends" thing going and a whole lot more. Who knows.

This is their last post, AFAIK: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=172824

FWIW, I don't recall that member being a problem, and I do remember administrative decisions that were a bit harsh and were even reversed.

Who remembers, for example, that MiddleFingerMom was banned for what was deemed a homophobic post?

If Canuck deserved it, that's fine. I just never saw it.

avebury

(10,946 posts)
6. If that was what got him PPR that seems a
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:36 PM
Mar 2014

tad extreme. I have seen a lot worse posts then that which did not result in someone being PPRd.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
11. Typically, admins look for a pattern.
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:39 PM
Mar 2014

A singular post doesn't ordinarily do it, but a series of posts (and hidden posts are recorded forever) may result in action.

As I wrote above, a most beloved member who recently passed, MiddleFingerMom, was banned and then reinstated for a post that many found to be homophobic but the intention was never there. It was more of a bad judgement call on MFM's part.

RIP MFM.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
18. Well, I am ever less supportive of the Olympics. I'm sorry that CC cared so much.
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 12:50 AM
Mar 2014

For a fucking commercialized no-ender and, in this event, a homophobic clusterfuck.

They went too far, too bad for them and I won't shed a tear as their rationale is a meaningless one, I don't care about international competitions that are supported by corporations. Fuck them all.

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
19. To be honest I couldn't say I boycotted the Olympics for the same reason
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 12:54 AM
Mar 2014

I could not say I boycott chik-fil-a I wouldn't eat there anyway same with the Olympics I don't watch them in any event-to claim boycott just seems bandwagon jumping

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
20. You said Chik Fil A so I am now obliged to post this youtube video. Warning. Tosh.0
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 01:01 AM
Mar 2014

It could considered offensive if you haven't been exposed to the snarky and self-effacing Westwood Santa Monica demographic of which Daniel Tosh is a part.

You got this:



And then there's this:



azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
21. oh I've been exposed to Tosh :)
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 01:10 AM
Mar 2014

but the second one was my fav except that song is stuck in my head now

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
9. See In_The_Wind's edited post and all will be revealed.
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:38 PM
Mar 2014

Hmm.

I always enjoyed hearing about his life in the backwoods. He was always interesting. Darn.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
13. At the risk of being banned myself, I'll remind Skinner et all that they banned MiddleFingerMom.
Tue Mar 4, 2014, 11:44 PM
Mar 2014

And that was a mistake.

I don't have the posting history of ConcernedCanuk, but I kinda feel like if they were a troll we'd all know it by now.

That post about the olympics is certainly inappropriate, unkind, insensitive, and more, but I'm not sure if it, by itself, is ban-worthy.

If there are other indications of homophobia or trollish behavior then I hope people will post them.

I'm unconvinced.

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)
26. I'm shocked, and certainly saddened to see him go too.
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 05:17 PM
Mar 2014

Especially in such a summary fashion, when by contrast, nasty and relentless agitators rack up hidden posts and get a 90 day suspension. Unless I'm missing something.

Behind the Aegis

(53,833 posts)
27. MFM was banned for "bad humor" which is why it was reversed.
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 05:26 PM
Mar 2014

CC was very clear, and it wasn't the first time, his opinions of GLBT people was not very high, despite his "best friend's" caveat. His post wasn't "inappropriate, unkind, insensitive, and more" is was flat-out bigoted! Claiming gay people are "shoving their agenda in his face" is the type of shit one would see on a right-wing site, if need be, I can pull many examples.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
29. Look, I totally agree with you. MFM was a gem and that one post wasn't indicative of a pattern.
Thu Mar 6, 2014, 05:17 AM
Mar 2014

I'm fine with the PPR of CC, I'm just trying to let the community know that it's a work in progress, this whole community monitored thing.

I think you get where I'm coming from...


 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
25. I'm sorry to see that...
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 11:25 AM
Mar 2014

He was a member for 11 years. I'm sorry he's gone; I enjoyed his posts. I won't write anything more of how I feel, for fear of ending up banned myself.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
28. I see him on Facebook.
Thu Mar 6, 2014, 04:08 AM
Mar 2014

I didn't realize he'd been PPRed. I'm not sure why that keeps happening to my best friends. I've lost many.

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