Just reported a "fan" page on Facebook that essentially calls for the

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

death of our president.

WTF?

[JuniperLea]

1. I'm sure there's an equally disturbing left leaning fan page...

:sarcasm:

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

2. Sarcasm noted.

It's unreal...

[JuniperLea]

3. I fear we ignore these imbiciles at our own peril...

And that of our president. All it takes is one armed TeaBagger/RW Loon...

I would hope that the IP address was discovered and the cretin in question had a knock at the door.

[Top Cat]

4. where is the link

[DangerousRhythm]

6. I was JUST going to report the same one.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/DEAR-LORD-THIS-YEAR-YOU-TOOK-MY-FAVORITE-ACTOR-PATRICK-SWAYZIE-YOU-TOOK-MY-FAVORITE-ACTRESS-FARAH-FAWCETT-YOU-TOOK-MY-FAVORITE-SINGER-MICHAEL-JACKSON-I-JUST-WANTED-TO-LET-YOU-KNOW-MY-FAVORITE-PRESIDENT-IS-BARACK-OBAMA-AMEN/111712585523370?ref=nf

I think that's the same one, right?

Bastards. :puke:

[tabbycat31]

7. I reported that one too

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

8. Same one. Asshole can't even spell Swayze correctly.

[lynne]

22. If it's the prayer page, CNN has an article about it -

- says that it's a copycat - has been done previously using other names - and that Facebook has stated it doesn't violate their rules.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/21/obama.facebook.prayer/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn

[supernova]

5. I reported it this afternoon

If hundreds of us report it, I hope they will take it down.

[Ter]

9. Facebook is much more lenient than MySpace

In removing controversial groups. It's been up for a while now, and has 589,000 fans. Wonder if the SS can charge them all...

[jemelanson]

10. The sad/disturbing part of this is that some of the half a million

fans of that page in Facebook think that it is funny.

I for one do not find any humor in it.

[Neurotica]

11. At least two facebook friends of mine have become "fans" of this page

I don't care if they think it's funny or not. I think it's appalling. I think it says something about their character (or lack thereof).

[GoCubsGo]

21. I have no friends that are fans of that page.

I have one ex-"friend" that is a fan. Got no use for people who find that kind of shit funny.

[jillan]

12. I reported this days ago - obviously facebook thinks it's okay to ask for the death of our President

:puke:

[sybylla]

13. Maybe it should be reported to the secret service instead.

If, as others have said, FB doesn't give a rat's patootie.

[holiday]

14. there is a counter fan page

called "Jesus is not your personal hitman" or something like that. I joined when I seen a fellow DU'er did as well. Quick and to the point!

[Zipp]

15. The teacher's union in NJ was using the same prayer against the Republican Governor.

(CNN) -- What do President Barack Obama, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have in common?

They all have been the subject of a snide "prayer" circulating that seemingly calls for their deaths. A recently created Facebook page reads, "Dear Lord, this year you took my favorite actor, Patrick Swayzie (sic). You took my favorite actress, Farah (sic) Fawcett. You took my favorite singer, Michael Jackson. I just wanted to let you know, my favorite president is Barack Obama. Amen."

The page has received more than 600,000 "thumbs-up" messages of approval since it was posted April 10. But its owner, who does not disclose his or her identity on the popular social media site, wrote, "We are not really praying for the death of Obama. It is just some humor to show our disapproval of our current president."

Similar imprecations were circulating online last year. But Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said that "while it may be considered distasteful and objectionable to some," the page doesn't violate the company's content policies.

"We're sensitive to content that includes pornography, bullying, hate speech, and actionable threats of violence, and we react quickly to remove content that violates our policies when it is reported to us," Noyes said in a written statement.

"Facebook is highly self-regulating and leverages its more than 400 million users to keep an eye out for offensive content," he added. "We encourage users to report such content, and we have a large team of professional reviewers who evaluate these reports and take action per our policies."


http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/21/obama.facebook.prayer/index.html?hpt=T2

[CTLawGuy]

16. found

and reported.

[Zipp]

17. What did you report?

The 1st Amendment?

[CTLawGuy]

18. i reported a group wishing for our president's death

to the FB admin. FB is not subject to the first amendment.

[Zipp]

19. Read my first post in this thread

Facebook has already made their postion clear.

[CTLawGuy]

20. I guess it doesn't violate their policies

but it doesn't make it right. It's wrong to wish for the death of the president, no matter who it is.