I recommend we delete permanently one of the smilies

[yeoman6987]

Ok here we are discussing child abuse and domestic violence and on the list of smilies we have this:





I think we should delete it as in my humble opinion it is in bad taste after the week of events we have had.


I know we have huge issues to contend with, but looking for a smilie for another OP, I thought this was not a good idea to have anymore. How about retiring the smilie??????

[Cooley Hurd]

1. While we're at it...

This one offends me:

It's not very sensitive to the survivors, or their descendants, of the Titanic, IMO.

...and this one:

It's not very sensitive to DUers who are recovering alcoholics, IMO.

...and this one:

It's not very sensitive to us Jazz-loving DUers, IMO.

[valerief]

5. ^^^THIS^^^

And let's get rid of Mr. Moneybags


And the orgy smilie


And the self-abuser


Why do we insist on degrading the stupid, too?


Please, also, ban these religious smilies. I'm an atheist!


Oh, bucket with an f, why don't we just ban all smilies?

[Cooley Hurd]

6. .

Well played.

[valerief]

18. However, I totally agree with you about the Jazz over Rock.

Rock--blech. Jazz--m'yah!

[Mojo Electro]

9. Can we keep this one?

[Cooley Hurd]

11. No, because it mocks DUers with issues of "regularity"

...or DUers who are Dr Oz fans.

[Mojo Electro]

12. I guess you're right.

I'm going back to text smileys then : - )

[Lochloosa]

30. That denigrates my nose. Rethink!

[valerief]

20. But not having it is a message that children should not be

toilet-trained, that they should poop their pants or, even worse, poop in the streets like dogs.

I don't think DU wants to make that message.

Perhaps, we need a smilie with someone pooping in the street and the No symbol stamped over it.

[Cooley Hurd]

22. Great... another of my hobbies banned.

Oh, fuck. I just offended DUers with multi-hued hair. Oh, fuck. I just offended DUers who were born with their palms attached to their foreheads. Oh, fuck, I just offended DUers who are green and cannot control their eyeballs. Oh, fuck. Back to this one again.

[valerief]

24. Bwahahaha!

[AngryAmish]

23. Chrone's Disease is not funny.

Ban it.

[Cooley Hurd]

25. It's not at all. Neither is Crohn's...

[valerief]

34. Bwah!

[LuvNewcastle]

21. "Orgy smile"

[pintobean]

13. I always thought "you rock" was an insult

to someone's intelligence - as in, dumb as a rock.

Hell, I almost got a post hidden the other day for using the (hi) smiley for bye-bye.

[pipi_k]

35. Everyone's offended!!

Mocks the French shrug

Makes fun of cross-eyed people

Offensive to people with Bulemia

Insensitive to people with severe anxiety disorders

[Auggie]

2. Keep it

[hobbit709]

3. Of all things to offended by a smiley is a new one

[yeoman6987]

28. Well at least it got us talking...lol

[DeadLetterOffice]

33. Now see, if you're gonna ban a smilie...

... then it should be the because you almost never see it used as anything other than outright mockery. And mockery is not cool.

OTOH -- why the fuck would you ban a smilie in the first place?

[Turborama]

4. I recommend this emoticon is enlarged to be at least double the size...

[Coventina]

7. And this one:

[Cooley Hurd]

8. Seconded!

...since it's use has quadrupled lately.

[JNelson6563]

10. Truth be known

I'd like a smiley where he toast is with wine instead of beer. As a wine drinker I am offended that I don't have that option. It's like saying wine drinkers don't count as people.

Can't tell you how many hours I have laid awake at night because I was so distressed by this!1!!

Julie

[pintobean]

14. I feel for you.

Also, the OP whine belongs in ATA.

[valerief]

15. Agreed, but not wine nor beer. I don't like either. I want a Sazerac smilie!

Anything else is offensive to me, and offending me is not an option.

[Cooley Hurd]

16. Also well played!

When sensitivity overcomes irony, TDSw/JS is in serious trouble....

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

17. Change it so they're both smiling.

So we know that it's consensual spanking between partners

[Cooley Hurd]

19. THERE'S NO SUCH THING!

[KittyWampus]

26. THREAD WIN! Close the doors, lights out.

[msanthrope]

40. Sure....poke that hornet's nest! nt

[liberal N proud]

27. Can we ad this one

[Cooley Hurd]

29. All kidding aside. I dig where you're coming from.

Child abuse should not be made light of IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.

But then there's comedy and its close cousin, irony. I'm not fond of stripping our discourse of either. (I gave you a rec in recognition of your concern and intent)

[flying rabbit]

31. DU has jumped the shark

[lpbk2713]

32. Figgered that one out didja?

I have wondered if Discussionist was created to allow casual
observers to watch the demise of DU from a safe distance.

[Feral Child]

36. That smilie has it's place.

But, that place is NOT in a child abuse thread.

If I remember correctly, the poster that used it was cheerleading abuse. Had I been a juror on an alert, I would have voted for a Hide just based on the misuse of that smiley.

REC

[Kalidurga]

37. I would rather ban the inappropriate user

I saw a thread on child abuse where the poster was talking about how being beaten as a child had no bad effect on him/her. So, in essence we shouldn't be outraged over a spanking issue. Then used that smiley to mock people that talked about how horrible abuse is.

[MFM008]

38. we need more

Severe anxiety smilies, projectile vomiting, hair on fire, animals, how about a dead smiley? so many smiles so little time.

[951-Riverside]

39. Absolutely yeoman6987. I too am disgusted with DU over these so-called "smiles"

This smile is a disgusting display of our isolationism in the world.



This makes makes violence against others seem funny.



This makes fun of people suffering from mental illnesses



Around 160,000 people died from the bombs we dropped on Japan during WWII. Need I say more?



And this allows people to get away with saying all sorts of offensive things on the forum without a care in the world. I am so disappointed with DU.

[edbermac]

41. This is the silliest post I have ever seen.

[trumad]

42. Every single post is a Duzy

[Kingofalldems]

43. I think you are just making fun of DU.

They call it 'mocking...' in MIRT.