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In reply to the discussion: Really?! So now even the Rude Pundit is thrown under the bus by DUers? [View all]dflprincess
(28,095 posts)412. I agree
Unfortunately, I "reced" it before it was hidden. If I could, I'd rec it again. After all, he is talking about the Cheney's and the "offensive" statement may have been a play on words.
I also enjoyed the take on this on Stephanie Miller that Liz Cheney is just so hungry for daddy's approval that she's trying to prove she's just as evil as he is.
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Really?! So now even the Rude Pundit is thrown under the bus by DUers? [View all]
riderinthestorm
Jun 2014
OP
A thread which expresses the hope that a woman should suck a "syphilitic dick"
Nye Bevan
Jun 2014
#3
Uh... the thread is still there, hence you can reference it. It is only the OP that is gone.
salib
Jun 2014
#128
Another rec from me. It's really bad when the Rude One is no longer acceptable on DU.
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#370
I am offended by war criminals. Everything else takes second place to that. I see someone slamming
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#416
On June 8th, I juried one of your posts. Here was my comment to Leave It Alone:
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2014
#212
Whether or not I agree that Jesus was the most influential person ever, I totally agree that that is
DesertDiamond
Jun 2014
#362
Is your addition of the word 'syphillitic' an expression of the honesty that comes from having
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2014
#13
And yet you failed to say so and laid the blame on the OP. The word is 'dishonest'.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2014
#120
The Corporate Media doesn't get hidden though. That is considered 'credible' by the same small
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#372
Yup: "I wasn't doing my job and it's all DU's fault! Damn those nipples! Damn those Cheneys!"
FSogol
Jun 2014
#176
Good grief, it's a little hard to believe anyone could think that a reasonable argument!
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jun 2014
#218
Ah, but then the poster would have to use some acronym which escapes me at the moment
arikara
Jun 2014
#293
As I've said--and I've gotten excoriated for saying it--it's called "Trolling from the left."
MADem
Jun 2014
#200
I bet if Alerters had to include their name...a lot of frivolous alerts would stop.
Old and In the Way
Jun 2014
#272
Juror #7, your opinions help set community standards and you don't have to go along with
A Simple Game
Jun 2014
#104
I am shocked that there are people who do not understand how the community standards are formed here
MADem
Jun 2014
#194
Loved the clueless rationale of Number 7!! "I don't really have a choice...?" Uh, no--YOU DO have
MADem
Jun 2014
#188
A ridiculous hide. Rude Pundit should have his own version of the Taterguy exception here.
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#20
There are a vocal few on DU that purposely look for things to be offended by. n/t
A Simple Game
Jun 2014
#111
Yes there are few here who appear to want to monitor what DUers read or watch. They do seem okay
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#371
Interesting. I wonder if those were for the statement by him that was known as the exception.
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#71
I wasn't around when the exception happened but I think someone called him a dumbass in META.
In_The_Wind
Jun 2014
#78
Got it. No, that doesnt seem like the exception. I looked it up, his exception is to call other
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#114
WTF did that get hidden for? Love to see the alert reasoning on that one!
bluesbassman
Jun 2014
#273
i recently had a post hidden for replying to a post that i referred to as a dumb-ass post..
frylock
Jun 2014
#298
Amazing. The alerter didn't even have a clue WTF they were alerting about, but boy it was bad!
bluesbassman
Jun 2014
#366
He's playing a character, like Stephen Colbert, and like Colbert he says outrageous things. The
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#244
I would go along with this. Then we can post a note in GD that there is a new post with a link.
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#338
I disagree with the hide because the rule that used to apply before the jury system was that...
JVS
Jun 2014
#36
Telling Cheney to "go suck a dick" is making gay sex out to be an ultimate put-down.
dawg
Jun 2014
#96
no, it actually excludes straight men completely. and that is kind of the point.
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#427
Men and women have oral sex. Nothing wrong with that. Context may be everything.
L0oniX
Jun 2014
#87
Solution, do not read the Rude Pundit. You will be offended, he is offensive, he doesn't care
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#410
We have different priorities as to what is most offensive, obviously. When I see the word
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#421
I don't think you do, dawg. But that's okay, not everyone can remain focused totally on the evil
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#423
It isn't about US always, do you understand that? WE are NOT despite our zenophobic notion to the
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#428
You did choose between the two. You put the focus on a few words. Sorry, but that is a fact.
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#430
So, just a smidge of bigotry is okay, so long as the rest of the message is good?
dawg
Jun 2014
#432
No, bigotry is the hallmark of our Foreign Policy. So it is not okay, but we, our government,
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#437
Brilliant. Can I steal this? You've said it much better than I ever could... nt
riderinthestorm
Jun 2014
#472
Thanks, I just try to put it in perspective. I ask myself this: ACTUAL RAPE and SODOMY of Children V
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#443
OMG! What is wrong with hitting the "ignore" button or just IGNORING the post and moving on?
kysrsoze
Jun 2014
#27
'summarily'? Are you calling for all alerts to be pre-screened before getting to a jury?
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#50
'Automatically'? I don't think you think what these adverbs you're using mean
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#65
and that "hook 'em" gesture is actually taken from the image of the goddess Isis
niyad
Jun 2014
#193
It's sexist to tell anyone, male or female, to do what that subject header had
Blue_Adept
Jun 2014
#64
LOL !!! - I'm Sure "God Damn You!" Had A Lot More Impact Several Hundred Years Ago...
WillyT
Jun 2014
#471
Definitely. And it's not even what the real issue is, so it keeps us from talking about it.
Blue_Adept
Jun 2014
#202
Maybe something with washing machines. or doors can be worked into it somehow.
Blue_Adept
Jun 2014
#135
Kicked for exposure, that post has almost 150 recs This thread needs at least as many.
corkhead
Jun 2014
#66
When you say that you edit out the "c" word, do you mean that RP uses that word?
Nye Bevan
Jun 2014
#118
Does he use it in regular real life? No. Does he use it once in a blue moon in his RP posts?
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#154
Not that you need it but I can vouch for you. When I have spoken to him, he said he is aware of
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#163
Rude Pundit uses language to shock. To pick out one image to tsk-tsk it is missing the point.
Demit
Jun 2014
#77
He is not a misogynist. The character he plays has a misogynist streak. And various other issues
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#215
It's a pretty big hint when someone named "Lee Papa" writes as "The Rude Pundit"
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#292
some people will alert and vote to hide posts due to potty words being used.
geek tragedy
Jun 2014
#91
Well fuckety-fuck! That's fucking goddamned bullshit, I agree. Fucking shitass alerters! nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2014
#100
If I have to use ignore tools for the ones complaining the loudest & endlessly...
pacalo
Jun 2014
#439
I have no problem with that hide - would have voted the same way - over-the-top offensive
DrDan
Jun 2014
#182
WTH?!?! TRP is writing about a man WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WAR CRIMES. WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#207
So go ahead and ignore him, but that doesn't mean it should be hidden from the rest of us...
truebrit71
Jun 2014
#247
WTH?! A DU JURY voted DOWN TRP?! For railing against THE DICK CHENEY?! FTS, man.
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#198
I get it now. It's time to take down TRP, because he's---GASP!!---"offensive." NS, S.
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#213
well then you would agree that your theory that this alert was a HOF attack is unfounded bullshit.
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2014
#368
the thing about being rude, is that you are intentionally alienating people
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2014
#261
Let me guess, you were one of the people defending the fried chicken and watermelon shit, too...
redqueen
Jun 2014
#310
OK, is anyone keeping track here? Is this third- or fourth-order outrage? eom
TheJames
Jun 2014
#467
current potus has stopped bushco from being prosecuted for war crimes
questionseverything
Jun 2014
#477
In the words of Senator James Abourezk, this place is becoming a "chickenshit outfit"
villager
Jun 2014
#276
Dishonest comparison. In your examples he is referring to bigots who think that way.
redqueen
Jun 2014
#462
No it's not. Now you are moving the goalposts. First, it was "he only uses anti-women and anti-LGBT
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#463
All you've shown is that he used the words. Do you now want to claim context doesn't matter?
redqueen
Jun 2014
#464
He's brilliant and one of the first media pundits who considered Women's Issues important.
BlancheSplanchnik
Jun 2014
#311
RP's suggestion that Dick Cheney is having a sexual relationship with his daughter...
The Road Runner
Jun 2014
#326
The same standards that apply to other DU posts apply to posts that repost RP
aikoaiko
Jun 2014
#346
Oh and in terms of the possible outcomes, 4: the post is fine, it gets discussed, life goes on. nt
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2014
#369
What??!! I have NO hidden posts. I'm pretty sure I've NEVER been a textbook disruptive meta!
riderinthestorm
Jun 2014
#385
See, hosts are supposed to consider only the OP and judge it on it's own merits
Autumn
Jun 2014
#398
hosts have zero authority to demand ask or implore you to do anything.
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2014
#377
I'm sympathetic, but objecting to jury decisions is the definition of whining about DU.
ucrdem
Jun 2014
#378
This is the new DU, more terrible every day. A good place ruined with petty selfish bullshit.
Exultant Democracy
Jun 2014
#375
I haven't been here long and I've been on a lot of juries in the past few months.
tofuandbeer
Jun 2014
#383
Oddly enough, I think that as an article on the internet it might not violate DU standards
Babel_17
Jun 2014
#390
Yes, I've been told that this is the gist of the host's conversation about this thread
riderinthestorm
Jun 2014
#393
Oh, God… I wish I had seen that hidden post before I could no longer KnR it!
MrMickeysMom
Jun 2014
#397