Liberal bullying

[dogknob]

http://offbeatempire.com/2012/10/liberal-bullying

[bettyellen]

1. suggestion to repost with article title, instead of whining about DU. Thanks!

[dogknob]

2. Not whining about DU. I'm talking about the bullies who alerted it. Alert if you're a bully. n/t

[bettyellen]

3. My bad, It is actually whining about whining about DU.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Thank you (nt)

[dogknob]

5. OK, you can have my lunch money n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

8. Keep the op neutral of any whining about du.

Then feel free to whine away in follow up posts. Of course your individual posts can be hidden, but they will not be breaking the "no ops that whine about du" rule.

[dogknob]

20. You get the lunch money, but I think your demand for it should stay...

4. You are whining about the hosts, by calling the a 'Star Chamber' and 'bullies'
In fact, you're insulting them. I think it is, as currently posted, against DU community standards. Change it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

25. Fine, if you'd prefer that. I thought it would have looked better for you

if it wasn't so obvious that you'd been insulting. Or that you regard having your insults pointed out to you as 'bullying'.

I get the impression you regard anything that contradicts what you say as 'bullying'.

[dogknob]

28. Bullying is when you coerce/enforce "your way" on someone

I don't, when it suits my ends, dip into the playbook of office-politics and engage in the rewriting of history.

As far as "looking good," goes, I think consistency and integrity look fabulous.

[cyberswede]

7. (Look at the thread before it was edited) nt

[yoyossarian]

9. Damn! What is with all the assholes on this thread?

The word "whining' is so fucking pejorative and EASY to apply to anyone's complaint or reasoned argument.
And these responses pretty much PROVE the OP's basic assertion.

[uppityperson]

10. Read the unedited op. They were complaining about having a Meta thread locked in GD.

Those replying are mostly Hosts who have been trying to work with this poster about being able to post the link without insults or turning it into Meta which Admin has said is now verboten.

[Kali]

11. the hosts have been doing everything in their power to allow this article and topic to be discussed

it was originally posted in GD and was a truly whining about DU - the Meta Forum was closed and whining about DU is not permitted in OPs. A number of alerts were sent on that original thread in GD, after discussion and consensus was reached it was locked and the suggestion to repost WITHOUT the whining about DU sent to the poster. The whining was left in originally when it was reposted here.

Hosts are not trying to be assholes, they are going out of their way to let the interesting discussion about the topic happen, while following the SoP and the direct instructions of the site-owners to lock down meta-type OPs that consist of whining about the site.

OP's behavior is another matter.

[yoyossarian]

12. You dropped that pejorative, what--TEN times there?

Yes. Discussing anything problematic on DU is whining. Yes, Kali. You are SO right, now that you've repeated it enough times, I see that clearly now...
This whole site is just a bunch of whiners complaining about stuff they should just be quiet about.
And the occasional well-entrenched troll.

[Kali]

13. meh - semantics and perspective, I guess

I thought you calling everybody assholes was way more pejorative than me discussing the WHAT the issue was.

Have a nice day!

[bettyellen]

14. Ha ha, why don't you start an OP about it. LOL.

Pejorative my ass(hole). LOL.

[uppityperson]

16. And which are you? "whiners" or "well-entrenched troll"? Since that is what we all are?

[Buzz Clik]

26. Does that apply to an OP that simply posts a link to an article with no text...

... and then agrees that the OP is a complaint about DU? Maybe, but it's clear the author has no point than to call out someone who was mean.

This is a strange, worthless thread.

[muriel_volestrangler]

27. 'No whining about DU' is in the Forum Statement of Purpose (both here and GD)

so that was the reason their first OP in GD was locked. And people felt the original form it was reposted here was similarly against the SoP. Inevitably, it's going to be used frequently when people feel the OP breaks the SoP.

[marble falls]

15. There's major bullying from "conservatives" and "liberals", just a general attidute from a lot ...

of posters who feel the superiority of their positions on gun control and religion(for example of the two most contentious issues) gives them the right to treat anyone with a counter position in an uncivil manner. Both sides of these two issues in particular attract the most viscous replies both directions.

[dogknob]

17. Wow. Cool. Thanks for starting the discussion of the actual article...

[pscot]

18. Nothing nastier than a viscous reply

Leaves you feeling all sticky and whatnot.

[uriel1972]

19. And there's a chance it will turn into a viscous circle...

And you know how hard that is to clean up.Ah I can't help myself sometimes.

[marble falls]

22. Like I said. Snarky? Or just a bit rude?

[cyberswede]

24. I think they're just ribbing you about your typo

viscous vs. vicious

[Fumesucker]

23. I haven't seen a circumcision thread in a while

Those can get remarkably viscous.

[cheapdate]

21. I know exactly how the author feels, I think. n/t