All this talk about rape is making me...

[TorchTheWitch]

148. I'm hugely offended that jurors are leaving these vile posts

It is the exact opposite of what jurors are supposed to be doing. By voting to leave a post alone you are telling the community and the Admins that you feel that rape apology is acceptable opinion to be on DU and that rape apologists are acceptable people to be members of DU. I truly have no flippin' idea why jurors are letting this filth stand for some insane "it should be seen" reason. No, it does NOT need to be seen and FAR more so than any silly spam posts selling designer jeans or some right-wing suspected troll's obnoxious views on cutting Social Security. It is the worst of the worst and should be hidden as a STATEMENT to the community and Admins that it is not acceptable here, and such posts need to be seen by Admin because no rape apologist has any business being a member here.

Hidden posts aren't deleted from view. And hiding a post does more than just make people go to the extra effort to read it... and let's face it, hidden posts are the single most widely read posts since no one can resist reading what was so offensive that it needed to be hidden, so the "it should be seen" excuse falls down right there. Hiding a post also stops continuation of more unacceptable posts in the thread. Rape apologists should NOT be given the opportunity to continue posting their filth and further try to argue their disgusting beliefs on the subject thereby further offending what is clearly the vast majority view that their beliefs are filth and they have no business being a DU member. The number of hidden posts one has also is a criteria that the Admin uses when deciding whether or not to ban someone. So, voting to NOT hide the most vile of posts tells the community and Admin that such disgusting views on rape are acceptable on DU and that members that are saying such things are acceptable community members to continue posting here, gives the member the opportunity to continue spewing their filth, and worse falsely shows to Admin what the community REALLY thinks of those views and the people that spew them by NOT allowing them rack up all their unacceptable posts as hidden.

Let's get this straight - rape apologists have NO business being members of DU nor given the opportunity to spew their filthy messages that offend and outrage the community in general and should not be falsely shown to Admin and the community that the community belief is that they are acceptable by not hiding such posts and not allowing such posters to rack up their score of hidden posts. The worst of the worst views here OF COURSE should be hidden. That is a no-brainer and how the jury system is supposed to work.

Seriously, bettyellen, how in the world do you expect DU to become less of this vile "boy's club" by NOT hiding the posts that should be??? What kind of sense does that make???