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still_one

(92,190 posts)
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 02:36 PM Mar 2016

Yes, it is wrong to use vulgarity when referrring to Bernie. The same thing applies to those

that do the same thing against Hillary.

I can only control what I do. I don't participate in those dialogs, or recommend them.

No one here is that naive not to realize that garbage has been thrown at Hillary for sometime now.

The jury system is broken. The "community standard" is in the eye of the beholder.

I know there are those who believe there should be nothing barred, using the free speech reasoning. However, "calling fire in a theater, when there is no fire", is not an exercise of free speech.


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Yes, it is wrong to use vulgarity when referrring to Bernie. The same thing applies to those (Original Post) still_one Mar 2016 OP
My only plea would be for consistency. Buzz Clik Mar 2016 #1
with the jury system we have there won't be consistency still_one Mar 2016 #3
If calling Bernie a "motherfucker" is okay, what terms can we now use about HRC? panader0 Mar 2016 #2
It's not okay. Period. Buzz Clik Mar 2016 #4
I saw the post that has DU all aflutter. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #5
When people depend on being a 'shock jock' to get their point across, they've already lost. randome Mar 2016 #6
 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
1. My only plea would be for consistency.
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 02:43 PM
Mar 2016

If we're hiding posts for calling Sanders vulgar names, we do the same for those referring to Clinton with vulgarity.

At the present time, that consistency is nonexistent (probably due to the unequal distribution at DU of Sanders supporters vs Clinton supporters).

And how we came to the point of accepting base insults hurled at posters is unknown to me.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
2. If calling Bernie a "motherfucker" is okay, what terms can we now use about HRC?
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 02:44 PM
Mar 2016

I can think of several, but I'm not looking for a hide.
Disgusting....

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
5. I saw the post that has DU all aflutter.
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 02:46 PM
Mar 2016

I eschew gratuitous vulgarities. However as Sister Souljah said "two wrongs don't make a right but they damn sure make us even."

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
6. When people depend on being a 'shock jock' to get their point across, they've already lost.
Mon Mar 7, 2016, 02:47 PM
Mar 2016

It's a sign of weakness.
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