Be Careful All... Everything Is "Meta" Now... And An Excuse For Hiding/Banning...

[WillyT]

Latest broadside: 99th_Monkey

[onecaliberal]

1. ?

[WillyT]

2. ... ---...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251519428

[LiberalElite]

17. And yet -

Agschmidt allowed this one:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251519866

a double

[JackInGreen]

3. Yep. It's primary season again.

This shits gonna get thick friends and nieghbors.

[PowerToThePeople]

4. It was META

but it was worthwhile to call out a troll post for what it is.

[uppityperson]

5. 99th_Monkey isn't hidden or banned.

[onyourleft]

6. If one digs...

...hard enough, a reason for a lock or hide can always be found.

[walkthewalkorstfu]

7. Been lurking for a while now and it is blatantly obvious that there is a coordinated effort

to rid this site of liberals and progressives.

I found DU2 and found it rather interesting that Obama was not Marginalized and put into his own group by the owners of the site unlike today where the liberal and progressive candidate is cast into a separate group. But that really is not the best example considering Obama turned out to be way to cozy with the banksters just like HRC is hence the corporate dems had no problem with Obama.

Post anything positive about Bernie outside of the Bernie Group and the corporate dems swarm in attack and don't dare post the truth about HRC either else one will find themselves banned.

DU is an interesting site just wish there were fewer or no corporate dems.

[TBF]

20. Corporate dems -

think about who owns the site. It's theirs.

We are guests here. That is what I always keep in mind. I wish we had a site that was just for Bernie ... but I am not technically gifted.

[Doctor_J]

21. welcome. The site is ideologically about where free republic was about ten years

ago. Obama admits to being a moderate republican, and the truth is that many of his and Hillary's fan club members are to the right of that. And they use the same terms toward liberals that one can hear on hate radio. Time to find a new party.

[eridani]

25. The point of groups is protected status, not marginalization

Groups are allowed to enforce their own TOS. Whether to post in the main groups also is a personal choice.

[malokvale77]

30. I think you nailed it.

DemocraticUnderground is really a stupid name for a site that promotes conservative bullshit.

[newfie11]

8. What does META mean?

I saw no reason to ban that post. Maybe I'm missing something.

[MelungeonWoman]

9. Meta: self-referring.

It's a DU post about another DU post. It is against the rules here. Hopefully this post won't get hidden.

[newfie11]

10. Thank you

Nuff said

[merrily]

12. Meta is allowed within groups. However, the hosts of this group do not like it, either. So they lock

They want the group to be about Bernie, not about DU. I can understand that. Meta within groups can devolved into some really ugly shit.

[LiberalElite]

18. Woops.

I think I just transgressed. Maybe more than once...

[beam me up scottie]

11. It was meta but pointing out what passes for political discourse was worth the lock, imo.

If Monkey had gotten a hide I would be upset but locked threads get a lot of clicks.

People can compare the two groups and decide for themselves who discusses the issues and who resorts to personal attacks.

[merrily]

13. Turns out, you can rec a locked thread.

[LiberalElite]

19. I'm going right back

and reccing!

[LiberalArkie]

28. Went back and recd also

[L0oniX]

29. I do that all the time.

[malokvale77]

31. Hah...

how long before Skinner decides that's a no-no?

[SoapBox]

14. And about those PMs...

If anyone remembers a post about getting PMs...

I got one overnight, about Bernie being weak and getting his ass kicked if he is the candidate.

The desperation in support of "her" is stunning.

[SoapBox]

15. Wow...never had this happen before...

Same person is firing off PMs to me...reported as harassment.

And if I remember correctly they've in trouble before.

Creepy.

[aikoaiko]

16. You could copy and post them here. Sunshine has a way of stopping that bull.

[merrily]

22. IMO, he'll be much stronger in the general than she will be.

That is not the talking point, though, obviously. All along, it's been "He can't win the general," even from posters who lied about him being their candidate.

However, I think she'll get trounced in the general and he will not.

Passing that, you know, you can put someone on ignore just for pm's.

[eridani]

26. Yes--because he is attracting the 63% n/t

[merrily]

27. That's one reason, but there are more.

Even among regular voters, Republican, Indie and Democratic, there is an ABH sentiment.

[malokvale77]

32. I certainly remember...

I got an OP blocked for mentioning an unwanted (from a vacationed poster) PM.

Skinner has stirred up a hornets nest by declaring his support for Hillary.