FYI: Jury results.

[merrily]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by TM99 (a host of the Bernie Sanders group).

The jury results.

On Wed Jul 22, 2015, 09:48 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

Why do you keep bothering? Let these people think whatever the hamster that powers their brains tell


REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Hampster powers their brain cells???? Can't we debate without calling each other stupid? This kind of talk is a personal attack. It's divisive and unnecessary.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Jul 22, 2015, 09:59 AM, and the Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Supporters of a Democrat being insulted in several vile ways. This is not what DU should be about.
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Seems like an accurate statement to me.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
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The post:

Why do you keep bothering? Let these people think whatever the hamster that powers their brains tell them. Do you really think that they are doing themselves or their candidate any favors? Do you think they are really trying to?

If ANYBODY can look at the #BLM collective and what they are trying to achieve and conclude that they are "not progressives" or are "Koch funded right wingers" then these are not the kind of people that anyone that even considers themselves to be on the fringe of the liberal movement should give even a second glance to.

You have black authors and academics with decades of history under their belts trying to explain how all of this looks to black people and they just flit off with their "fiddle dee dee!" We don't matter to these people, and to be honest, I am perfectly okay with that. We don't need them. They have no clout and have no interest in forming any real collaboration, despite the "We are the 99%!!11" that they spew on a regular basis. If EVER there as a chance for these people to prove that they genuinely give a shit about poor people, about minorities THIS WAS IT.

We don't need them.

The irony: When I noticed this, I was at the Black Lives Matter website trying to send them an email because I could not find a "donate" button at the website.

[TM99]

1. While I might agree that this

is a shitty post and equally shitty jury result, you know this is a meta thread that I have to lock.

it violates our Group SOP.

Sorry.