The CULL CONTINUES!!!

[bravenak]

Our dear friend, a passionate poster, will be gone until April 9.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=220195

I'll try to say nothing more because this message has been hidden by jury decision

[Gothmog]

1. There were some really bad hides

[bravenak]

2. Yep. Typical

[MH1]

73. Yeah they were.

That really pisses me off.

Overall I don't think the jury system is all that bad, next to the old moderator system, but this shit is proof that people are gaming it.

I'm freakin' undecided and I can't see the need for this bullshit.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Some folks want us to be invisible.

[bravenak]

4. Or at least quiet as hell

[BlueMTexpat]

5. Outrageous!

Those who profess most loudly to be "liberal" and "progressive" demonstrate that they have become exactly what they claim to despise.

[bravenak]

6. Pretty much

Cannot handle diverse views.

[quickesst]

7. Plus+.....

... about a gazillion!

[ismnotwasm]

8. Good Lord

A very sad day.

I am so sorry.

[bravenak]

9. I'm pissed

I refuse to use punctuation properly as an act of protest from now on they irritate me so much it should be a puzzle to understand me

[brer cat]

11. +1

[betsuni]

16. Idea good is

Let us speak as Sarah Palin where no sense is there and matters not as many words tumble from minds empty as old coffee cans also too.

[bravenak]

17. Yea I say

Also too then when they are nattering on and then just swivel around and word at them most merrily

[ismnotwasm]

19. And we shall meet anon

In the midsts of self destruction all around and a great wailing shall be heard as strong women emerge triumphant over forces dark and drear and boring when you get right down to it

[bravenak]

20. And there upon their vages lies the key to the presidency, amen

[ismnotwasm]

26. Wilt they take up thine gage

I think not as Shakespeare opined That trunk of humours that bolting-hutch of beastliness that swollen parcel of dropsies that huge bombard of sack that stuffed cloak-bag of guts that roasted Manningtree ox with pudding in his belly that reverend vice, that grey Iniquity that father ruffian that vanity in years

[bravenak]

27. Madame you have outscholar'd me as women are wont to do

And thus misandry shall be my vice. I shall spread the theme far and wide!! Ladies of mastery, show thm how to win. Beat them!!!

[Chitown Kev]

30. and let them know that all of their sound and fury

doesn't signify a damn thing...not that they would know anything about signifying...

[bravenak]

32. Honestly met my dear Sir

Noticing is not in their menu of abilities

[greatauntoftriplets]

70. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.

And the wind today is southerly. Terrible about Empowerer.

[bravenak]

71. Mighty sad day for all

Though empowerer might just be watching the Nevada results and enjoying bernies non victory

[ismnotwasm]

33. And lots about sound and fury

[greatauntoftriplets]

72. There certainly is a lot of that.

Signifying nothing.

[ismnotwasm]

31. ...

[bravenak]

34. Your sigline

[ismnotwasm]

44. Heh!

It's VERY appropriate

[Number23]

64. I love you. I truly do

I mean:

Love I do you Truly it is

[betsuni]

88. The love returned also too as well and more

[wildeyed]

21. NO PUNCTUATION

BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT WORTH THAT AMITRITE AND ALL CAPS BECASUE IT IS SOOOOOO FUCKING IRRITATING THAT ALL CAPS THING OMG I AM PISSING MYSELF OFF NOW

[bravenak]

25. I HAD MY ALL CAPS PHASE BUT THEY SAID I WAS YELLING

so i think no caps and no punt really shows how much i dont care about what they think

[wildeyed]

29. You are correct.

No caps and no punctuations is better. Makes a statement.

[bravenak]

35. I hope to make a statement with them losing the black vote mightily

That will be fun too. We can have a day of schadenfreude

[betsuni]

40. Can't wait 'til Schadenfreudefest!

[bravenak]

48. Hope we get a small taste today

[brer cat]

10. It is really hard to understand how

they come up with the juries...such ridiculous hides. Sometimes it's not what you say but who you support.

[bravenak]

12. It is definately who you support

[wildeyed]

41. Who you support

and if you post "too many" OPs.

[mcar]

13. Darn it!

I really like what that poster has to say.

[bravenak]

14. Send her a pm to let her know where to come to discuss things. I invited her

But I want more to invite her so she knows we want her to come

[mcar]

15. Great idea!

I am happy to do that.

[rbrnmw]

23. ok

[Cha]

94. OK! Gracias!

[JI7]

18. i guess she got to uppity

[bravenak]

37. I GUESS SO, LOL

I remember my uppity times so well like it was yesterday

[giftedgirl77]

103. Damn, I just posted almost the exact same thing verbatim.

[rbrnmw]

22. Some of them won't be happy until

they run all the black voices off.

[bravenak]

38. We talk too much should just let them do the speaking and become informed

[rbrnmw]

42. Of course that's not paternalistic or anything

after all they are just trying to inform folks

[bravenak]

45. They are just trying to help us not be so ignorant

[rbrnmw]

52. of course isn't that sweet of them?

[bravenak]

54. .

[wildeyed]

24. Disappointing, to say the least.

[bravenak]

39. Yep

Fucked up too

[Chitown Kev]

28. This shit is getting ridiculous.

[bravenak]

36. Tragic comedy

[Chitown Kev]

47. More like the theater of the absurd

[bravenak]

49. Just so

[Mister Ed]

43. I saw this poster get a hide that was absolutely indefensible.

The hidden post merely expressed, with mild sarcasm and a touch of strained patience, that she or he didn't care for the patronizing tone of an OP.

[bravenak]

46. I saw that too. Should never have been alerted

[Mister Ed]

50. It gets worse. I just came from reviewing the poster's transparency page.

If everyone at DU would show the restraint and thoughtfulness that the suspended poster does, then this would be a mighty civil environment.

[bravenak]

51. Damn straight!!

Was always polite and tried to be reasonable

[JonLeibowitz]

53. Many of those were disappointing hides, and I almost never agreed with the poster.

[bravenak]

55. I know. People need to chill on alerting emotionally

And voting emotionally to hide

[lunamagica]

56. They have been going after her with a vengace...and they got their wish.

Shame, shame, shame on them!

[bravenak]

59. It looks shameful

[JustAnotherGen]

57. Jesu christo!

i hope a valley of comeuppance is entered and a river of of eating crow will be crossed in sc today

[bravenak]

58. Fuck, me too

Me too

[lovemydog]

60. What a great poster.

Empowerer: I enjoy your posts and look forward to your return!

Edited to add: I just reviewed those hidden posts. I wouldn't have voted to hide any of them. Most are 4-3. Ridiculous when Sanders supporters comprise the large majority and Empowerer merely asks questions about Sanders' civil rights record.

[gollygee]

61. There are some really bizarre hides there

Wow.

[bravenak]

62. Yep. Like always

[Number23]

63. Empowerer has been on DU forever. Left for a long time and came back

Unfortunately she chose to come back when the "We only Want to hear from the Nine Black People on Earth that Agree with Us" crowd has completely taken over this web site.

[bravenak]

65. I see why she left

Her hides were all bullshit. -
Just watching this shut is disgusting
I really have nothing left to say to them except one liners. Done. I tried and tried, wrote long posts. Fuck that.
I watched her trying too. I was like, i remember trying. Never works.

[Number23]

66. This is why so many of us don't bother trying anymore. We just don't bother

So many here are simply not worth the fucking trouble. Others are going to hate us anyway.

I rarely engage and I stopped doing OPs years ago. 95% of the stuff that comes out of GDP and blankets the home page of this web site is simply not worth the trouble. And this has been going on for years.

[bravenak]

67. I learned that lesson the hard way

I only op because they hate my ops for no damn reason. I really aint saying much to be troubled about but they be TROUBLED. So much oppression. I'm like the oligarchy

[Digital Puppy]

75. +1 n/t

[DonCoquixote]

68. pasrdon me Bravenak

But since you have been yelled at wayyy too much already, I will direct this point at Skinner, because if he is not reading this, he is not aware of the problem, or even trying to become aware. Frankly, he owes you thanks to what very well could be a federal offense done onto you which has been talked about and ignored.

Skinner, there has been an outright POGROM by some people on here, and it has outright targeted the AA community on here. Even on DU, where private boards are supposed to be sacred, people come in here and use it like some Porta Potty at a Grateful Dead concert (and yes I chose the band because it signifies the sort of affluent "we are rich yuppies who have connections and pale complexions but still hippies" bunch leaving most of the crap behind.)

Now, let me say that most of the people at the very least disagree with me, I am not sure if Empowerer outright disliked me, but you know what, she had a voice that needed to be heard, and by censoring that voice, and for trying to censor others, they have shown value DU needs to stand against. If not, do not be surprised if Grovelbot comes out short. Simply put, if I wanted to support a site where a bunch of idiots high fived each other while fucking with black women, I would be on Free Republic.

Thank you bravenak.

[bravenak]

69. Thank you

[Digital Puppy]

76. Don, thanks for this...however...

It is clear to me that you are wasting your time trying to engage Skinner. He doesn't care. The entire site knows that he doesn't care and that is why fools are acting foolish.

There is a problem with the system...the environment. DU/Skinner doesn't care to fix it...hell, he (and the larger 'community') don't even want to acknowledge that there is a problem!

Am i saying we all should pack our bags and leave to Freeper-Town or even Kos-Central? Nope, I'm just not going to waste energy trying to convince people in to taking action. They know already, and they don't care.

I get it. I'm going to stick around the AA Forum for as long as they will have me.

[DonCoquixote]

87. I can see where you come from

However, I know that sooner or later, he will ask for money. Then I intend to do things like "hey, you could charge folks at discussionist a small little fee since it is not supposed to be a political site right?" Never mind that it sure has become a nest of conservative "regressive" thought,. Then, when he complains, there will be a long long long long strings of times we will remind him why not.

Sooner or later, even the rich realize that their dollars are nothing more than our pennies. Jeb learned that the hard way today, and if he can, anyone can.

[awoke_in_2003]

74. I would say these are stupid hides...

but they know exactly what they are doing, and it is bullshit.

[bravenak]

77. Yep

[kwassa]

78. Bad hides are apparently the new norm.

when the moderator system is no more, and the juries are at least 80% Bernie supporters ...

don't expect fairness for those that are not.

[bravenak]

79. Gotta watch every single word

Makes me miss average joe

[kwassa]

81. LOL!

This makes me miss the times when the biggest problem this country had was Monica Lewinsky. A national calamity.

[bravenak]

83. Me too. Need to think of moving to a shack in the woods

[kwassa]

84. if you did that, they would accuse you of being the Unabomber.

Can't get away, anywhere.

[bravenak]

85. Thats sad

But true

[kwassa]

86. There is no escape from stupid.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

98. Where are you guys seeing these hides?

[Princess Turandot]

99. click on the member's profile...

if someone has been put on time out, the transparency button at the top of the profile will be yellow and clickable. The hidden posts are shown there.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

100. Got it! Thanks! ;)

[tammywammy]

80. This is upsetting. I really liked her posts. n/t

[bravenak]

82. Such a long time out

[Starry Messenger]

89. No!

Dammit.

[bravenak]

92. I know. Sad.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

90. Empowerer sends her love and many thanks for having her back. She is humbled by all the

support and kind words, and hope to be back soon.

Keeping up the good fight!

[bravenak]

91. .

[Cha]

93. Oh No, they did not censor her!

I'm so sorry. a for you, Empowerer~

Gracias for letting us know, bravenak~ for U2 and me.

BOGUS BOGUS BOGUS BOGUS BOGUS.

[randys1]

95. The police told NWA they couldnt say fuck the police, too. Didnt work out well

for censorship then either.

[giftedgirl77]

104. It's only censorship when one is discussing how evil wall street is, how OWS was mistreated,

or how rightous Sanders & Warrenare. Other than that you are just on the wrong side of history & don't truly understand the political process or are part of the evil establishment/third way.

[SusanCalvin]

96. 0.3%, over the course of more than a month, most 4-3, all bogus.

[Kind of Blue]

97. This is such a downer. I'm so sorry not to read

any of your posts for the next few months, Empowerer. Your words always got to the heart of things. I think your last two were just too much for some to bear, struck at exactly why we don't care too much for the attempted enforced belief of 50 years of AA civil rights. Can't be unread and absolutely no misunderstanding in them.

Love You, Empowerer

[PonyUp]

101. I like Bernie, but those were some stupid hides. n/t

[giftedgirl77]

102. Not surprising.

Can't have folks getting all uppity & shit.