How disgraceful. only just past noon and the mods have had to lock

[cali]

two repulsively racist thread from longtime DUers.

Jaysus, people.

[derby378]

1. I smell fresh tombstones being carved...

You mean there was another one? Glad I missed it.

[Romulox]

2. I missed both threads...any context? nt

[Vinnie From Indy]

3. Locking

[blogslut]

4. Locked and delivered

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=100268

[ret5hd]

7. who was the other one?

[blogslut]

9. I don'tknow

And I don't know the other's status.

The one I linked to posted something blatantly racist and is now gone.

[Thickasabrick]

16. The Duggars and clown car reference I think nt

[Romulox]

18. That thread didn't seem to be locked for any racist content...

"This is not GD material and the image is offensive. Please feel free to repost this in the lounge without the image."

(Image was the "clown car" image that everybody has probably seen by now.)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7194527

[cali]

25. no, it was this one. last paragraph.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7194232&mesg_id=7194232

[Romulox]

29. Thanks for the link. And thank you mods. nt

[NJmaverick]

37. Man this place is going to hell

how terrible that people feel comfortable posting this sort of racist shit.

[a la izquierda]

59. Holy hell...

I'm happy I missed that. I'm not happy with Obama these days, but that was over the fucking top.

[DainBramaged]

36. All of a sudden DU is offended by Duggar threads

makes ya wonder who is on the other end of those alerts.....


And if the clown car image is all of a sudden offensive, I am going to be on the lookout for all kinds of images now, that insult me.....

PS I may just start a daily Duggar thread, oops two locked today......there is always tomorrow....

[Romulox]

38. *I* think the clown car image is funny (as I suspect many do) because it makes a point

I see it as a pro-woman statement, but maybe there is another way of looking at it? :shrug:

[DainBramaged]

40. Another day, another Duggar thread in the making

:evilgrin:

[WolverineDG]

41. I'm offended by the blatant bigotry & hypocrisy that accompanies Duggar threads nt

[DainBramaged]

53. So am I. It's selective correctness that is offensive to me.

It's OK to be pissed at Duggar threads but not at Octomom, Tiger Woods, The Salahis, did I miss anyone?

[WolverineDG]

54. So you're saying it's okay to pick on people because they live their lives

as they see fit? Because that's all the Duggars have done.

dg

[DainBramaged]

55. No, they are hypocrites, they USE the media to further their image and for financial gain

while pretending to be Christians. They also prevent their kids from watching TV, using the internet, and homeschooling them so they aren't exposed to the outside world.


Have I covered all the bases??

They are fair game.

[JuniperLea]

49. You left out the neener neener...

"If you're going to do that, then I'm going to do this! Neener neener!"

Very mature... :eyes:

Boy, you'll sure learn 'em won't ya?

:eyes:

[NYC_SKP]

56. The V word. The image had the dreaded V word. That, I think, was the offensive part...

The word we dare not say...

:rofl:

[tigereye]

58. well, that's not new - that's probably been said multiple times

[Gold Metal Flake]

24. Here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7194232

[eleny]

8. Wow

I just got online to post about David Sirota and the first thread I see is this one. This is a real shock and unexpected. I haven't seen the threads mentioned in the OP. But, jeez!

[blogslut]

15. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7195823&mesg_id=7195823

I imagine the poster knew they would be banned and decided to go out flaming.

[Soylent Brice]

19. holy shit that was blatantly racist bullshit.

my jaw hit the floor on that one.

what the fuck is wrong with people???

[eleny]

20. He's been around a long time, maybe even longer than us

[NJmaverick]

31. Postman's posts go back to at least 2004

[blogslut]

33. Yeah

Just goes to show you never know.

[cali]

35. This is not his first brush with using tainted language re race

as I recall.

[blogslut]

42. Well, I don't know

I'm trying to stay out of the overtly passionate threads. I opened that one because the title was particularly hyperbolic and I was feeling confront-y. I'll probably stay in the Lounge for the time being. It's calmer there and they sort of accept me. :)

[NightWatcher]

5. NOT a defense of the threads, but people are feeling desperate and lashing out

no job, no money, no plans, no hope.....

People start looking for something to blame and oft time turn to their base impulses, fear and hate.

[cali]

11. and doing that makes them no better than teabaggers/freepers

[Romulox]

17. That's not the kind of language that comes out of my mouth when I'm desperate...

The linked OP was despicable.

[HughMoran]

32. I can't imagine trying to dig up any excuse for that

:thumbsdown:

[JuniperLea]

50. That's when being an adult comes in handy...

Adults do something constructive with those feelings, instead of lashing out like spoiled children.

[whatchamacallit]

6. I'm pretty pissed at Obama right now, but that post was really f'd up. n/t

[spoony]

13. +1!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. Anybody check to see how many posts Grand Wizard Postman had at time of TSing?

[NJmaverick]

14. 1000+ but he hid his profile

[NJmaverick]

12. Just a sign that hatred is consuming all reason

I'm sure the repukes are enjoying the show as the progressive implode after less than a year of having the Dems in charge.

[TwilightGardener]

23. +1--n/t

[TorchTheWitch]

27. no, it's a sign he's a closet racist

It doesn't matter how pissed off and desperate you get, if you aren't racist than racist shit wouldn't come to mind much less on the keyboard.

And I don't give a rat's butt what repukes think since the mere fact that they are repukes is because they don't think.

[NJmaverick]

39. He's been around since at least 2004 he has a post on the greatest page

if a closet racist can not only post but thrive on DU, what does that say about us?

[cali]

44. it says he largely kept it hidden.

I guess it's naive to think that racists don't post here.

[NJmaverick]

46. I guess, although I like to believe a racist's efforts to rid the nation

of a President, who would not meet his racial purity tests, would have met with a more negative reaction here at DU.

[Number23]

57. Very well said. Completely agree.

[Gold Metal Flake]

21. Here is the other one.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7194232

[Prism]

22. Nice job, mods. TSed in six minutes flat.

:thumbsup:

[LoZoccolo]

26. I have this inkling that it might have been a phishing attack.

I don't know, especially since I haven't looked through Postman's posts to know how uncharacteristic the post was, but it's entirely possible that Postman gave his password to a fake DU site. It happens on MySpace all the time, and is easy to set up.

I realize that it leaves the door open for anybody to claim that their password was stolen, but the possibility does exist.

In b4 LoZo defends racism.

[cali]

28. no. I wasn't surprised that he would do this.

shocked by how ugly it is, but I don't question this was postman.

[JTFrog]

30. And a sockpuppet reposted one of em.

:eyes:

I already alerted.

[AllentownJake]

34. I alerted on the one earlier this morning

What the fuck is wrong with people.

[proteus_lives]

43. The Postman does not get to ring twice.

Fucker deserved it.

[struggle4progress]

45. Maybe now DU can consign Joe Bageant to the rubbish heap, too

[ellie]

47. As I said

on a thread a couple of weeks ago, it seems like some long time DUers have lost their god damned minds.

[JuniperLea]

51. Or showing true colors...

They felt insecure about showing before. Bigotry has been emboldened around here.

[NJmaverick]

52. Very true

[Solly Mack]

48. It was a horrible thing to say...horrible thing to even think

No one can expect to say something like that and not get banned. It's more than just being against the rules...it was just plain wrong.