The hippo/fat limbaugh video is terribly innapropriate on a liberal board

[newthinking]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Ptah (a host of the The DU Lounge forum).

I can't believe how much this site has changed. Is our politics so coarse now that we cannot be sensitive and careful about these kinds of things?

I alerted on the post, I agree that limbaugh sucks, I knew that fact 15 years ago when I first had someone dittohead on me in a conversation (I could not stand the guy likely before most had not heard of him).

The vote was to leave it.

But seriously, stereotyping groups, even when making a political point... actually *especially* when making a political point, is *regressive*. It is a step backwards. It is not a good thing to do on a liberal board. Someone could get banned for it when the site was moderated.

Folks, our values are important. It is what makes us different than the Republicans. Let's work to keep it that way?

[newthinking]

1. This belong somewhere else? I haven't posted here before.

[newthinking]

2. 28 views and nobody else? Anyone have diversity training at their work? Are we losing that

too?

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Censorship is not appropriate on a liberal board.

I suspect the jury memers figured they could survive the video, or even...gasp....not look at it.
Trash thread is a handy option for what offends thee.

[newthinking]

4. Hmm, we ok with people posting racist rants too. Same thing.

Or maybe we are content to just become another site like the freepers have?
It don't think is is censorship to moderate appropriately on a board that is meant to be a safe place for progressive ideals.

[840high]

5. ....

[newthinking]

6. I changed it to say "we"

didn't mean to imply the previous poster was ok with racist banter

[Wait Wut]

7. Post it in ATA.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1259

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[Orrex]

8. Hmm...

When he flew to the Dominican Republican amid whispered rumors of Viagra abuse and youthful male prostitutes, I posted a string of ribald limericks about it. Would these be considered terribly inappropriate as well?


Limbaugh is as vile a human being as currently walks the earth, so in one sense I'd say that any insult is fair game. However, "fat guy" jokes also risk insulting perfectly good people who are overweight, and perhaps this collateral cruetly should be avoided even if it means missing out on an easy anti-Limbaugh jab.

[newthinking]

9. We would not use a racist picture if limbaugh were black even if it were a funny picture,

more extreme but the principle is really the same. Respect and empathy for others

[Ptah]

10. Locking.

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