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In reply to the discussion: Pornography, especially violent variants, furthers rape culture... [View all]Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)I think that is what we have. I saw another post successfully hidden this morning because the poster dared to say that most of the participants in "the knock-out game" were black. That appears to be true, but apparently, truth isn't enough to save a post from being hidden if it offends certain sensibilities.
Likewise, I had a post hidden in one of these rape threads because I drew a distinction between forceable rape and statutory rape. No violation of DU rules that I can figure out, no insults or name calling to anyone. Yet hidden.
In the present case, we have studies ginned up by rightist homophobes with a long pedigree of conservative bigotry, but they stand because they fit the political predilictions of the jurors.
The jury system is fucked up, but I don't know what to do about it.