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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]d_b
(7,463 posts)148. sucking dick is one of the many tools of the patriarchy
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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