Attention Impertinent Homosexuals: You Have Plenty of Rights!

[QC]

Unbelievable. Or not, really. More like the same ole same ole.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022947372#post283

[LonePirate]

1. I wonder if that DUer is also a Democratic representative in the Illinois House

There is still a lot of anti-gay sentiment in the Democratic Party unfortunately.

[QC]

2. There's plenty of antigay sentiment right here at DU, sadly.

Nothing much has changed, except that the new jury system has made it possible to put the "community standards" imprimatur on some truly wretched behavior.

[Zorra]

4. Also, many people who have all their rights often don't comprehend what it means

to not have rights.

It's not them being discriminated in the workplace, and they can't feel what discrimination is really like, so they can't understand why someone would be asking the wife of a President to ask her husband to help secure the right to safe employment or to be able to get married, etc. LIKE RIGHT FUCKING NOW.

[QC]

5. Yep. It's like people at a banquet complaining that the rumbling bellies

of the starving beggars at the door are keeping them from enjoying their hummingbird tongues en croûte.

[Pab Sungenis]

3. Tell LGBT person to "grow the fuck up"

and it's kept 3-3.

At Wed Jun 5, 2013, 10:06 AM you sent an alert on the following post:

Take it up with repukes.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2948013

The reason for the alert was:

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>.)

You added the following comments:

Homophobic poster telling an LGBT person to "grow the fuck up."

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this post at Wed Jun 5, 2013, 12:32 AM, and voted 3-3 to keep it.

Thank you.

Tell same homophobe to grow the fuck up, it's hidden 4-2.

[QC]

6. Welcome to the brave new world of "community standards."

Sadly, the only consistent community standard around here is that unpopular members (and members with unpopular opinions, pretty much the same thing) may be stalked, bullied, and otherwise harassed with impunity.

[Pab Sungenis]

8. I'd rather roll the dice with a jury

than have a dedicated bunch of homophobic thugs entrenched in power. Occasionally a jury will get things right.

[QC]

9. On the whole, I'm happy to see the end of the mods, but

the idea that anything three random people happen to approve of is OK has made this place about as smart and civil as a Youtube comments thread.

I'd rather see some basic civility rules that juries are expected to enforce, simple things like "don't attack people." That might make things a little less arbitrary.

[Kurovski]

18. Yes. (nt)

[dbackjon]

7. Poor Michelle

Can handle the truth? Have your hubby resign

[theHandpuppet]

23. Eleanor Roosevelt she ain't

That's for damned sure. Hell, even Lady Bird Johnson was more relevant.

[theHandpuppet]

24. I'm afraid I just insulted Lady Bird

I should have said the most relevant First Lady since Mamie Eisenhower.

[Bluenorthwest]

10. People like to have more than others, we have plenty of rights because they have more

and that's how God intended it.

[William769]

11. It' going to be one of them summers.

I am starting to have flashbacks to President Obama's first run for office. We all know how that went.

[yardwork]

12. I'm having a flashback to DU circa November 2008.

[QC]

13. Yep, same cast, same script, same threadbare sets. n/t

[theHandpuppet]

22. I remember all to well, uunfortunately

I can't say things have gotten any better, either.

[NCLefty]

14. There's no restriction against horrible people here.

I learned that well during the last election when I first came here.

Filter out the bad stuff, just like you do everywhere else on the Internet :p

[Neoma]

15. That really doesn't always work.

I'm throwing out my "I should know" right there. Sure, you could say I could've quit DU...

[mitchtv]

16. same ol ,same old, only worse now

they have a shiney new bus waiting
welcome to full ignore

[xchrom]

17. du rec.

[Kurovski]

19. "You have the right to remain fabulous!"

--Chief Clancy Wiggum.

[QC]

20. kick for renewed relevance

[theHandpuppet]

21. Wow, as if we all needed a reminder about homophobia on DU

That was so disgusting I didn't even make it through the whole thread.