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G_j

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Thu Mar 27, 2014, 02:24 PM

Mar 2014

REASON FOR ALERT

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

COMMENTS

The use of the term "racist" in a call-out post is not cool.

JURY RESULTS

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Thu Mar 27, 2014, 12:22 PM, and voted 2-4 to LEAVE IT ALONE.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Will Pitt threw a big baby fit while misplacing blame for his otherwise legitimate concern. However, never have I seen him to be racist nor rightwing. The OP has an agenda as president and founder of the Cult of Obama. And this coming from a huge Obama fan. He is NOT perfect, but he is also not a "used car salesman" and the person that said he is, and I say again, NOT a RW racist.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: I do believe this is a callout post, which is was verboten the last I checked. While nobody is called out by name, it is clearly directed at someone. I'm voting this down in the hope of nipping something in the bud before it escalates.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Alerter, you have got to be kidding me! ProSense hit the nail right on the head. I can't help it if you feel you belong to that group. There is no way on God's green earth I would vote to hide this and shame on you for even alerting. I don't normally sign my name to a jury verdict, but this one I will. I want you to know who I am. William769
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: It is a call out and the racist tagline pushes it over the edge. El_Bryanto
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Lame. If it walks like a duck... maybe the OP needs to know it's not appreciated when he calls out the Prez as a used car salesman.

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This place in many ways has gone off the deep end. RE: Used car salesman [View all] iandhr Mar 2014 OP

Edited due to OP edit. N/T Coventina Mar 2014 #1

I will fix that. iandhr Mar 2014 #2

K & R for exposure .... littlewolf Mar 2014 #3

A jury let an OP intended to call out Pitt as a racist stand, and your complaint about DU is that cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #4

You got that right... truebrit71 Mar 2014 #6

Are the jury results posted somewhere? Just curious to see. DanTex Mar 2014 #9

-- G_j Mar 2014 #56

Proves yet again that DUers make very, very bad jurors. cui bono Mar 2014 #117

Extraordinary Pomposity In Your Post ProfessorGAC Mar 2014 #154

Not at all. Surely you can tell if a juror is being objective or simply voting based on bias or not. cui bono Mar 2014 #187

Well said, Bill... SidDithers Mar 2014 #124

you don't think they expected to be alerted on? nt G_j Mar 2014 #133

Right on, Juror #1 brooklynboy49 Mar 2014 #144

uh I agree with your sentiment but dreamnightwind Mar 2014 #161

the connection between political rhetoric and sports rhetoric also applies Supersedeas Mar 2014 #190

Juror #1's explanation does not match the vote Doctor_J Mar 2014 #160

Touchscreen vote-flip? dreamnightwind Mar 2014 #165

there's perspective Supersedeas Mar 2014 #20

That was not the point of my OP, and ProSense Mar 2014 #58

Funny how you conveniently left out "racist" this time. cui bono Mar 2014 #119

The despicable name calling is expected of RW racists. ProSense Mar 2014 #125

Some People clearly have no issues with Smear Merchants bobduca Mar 2014 #130

Well, one prominent poster has jumped the shark CJCRANE Mar 2014 #5

Don't forget Michelle is clueless, yeah.... tons of FUD on DU now uponit7771 Mar 2014 #7

You can make DU a more informative and pleasant experience by putting about 30 posters on ignore alcibiades_mystery Mar 2014 #8

Peehaps you are correct, I loved the post during 2012 campaign, they were Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #12

You are so right! JNelson6563 Mar 2014 #19

Yeah why is Kos such a nice site to visit compared to this place.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #135

It's been interesting to watch the two directions JNelson6563 Mar 2014 #149

agreed 100%! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #157

I also find the negative posts on DU discouraging. Laurian Mar 2014 #10

Agree with you on the negative posts 3Stones Mar 2014 #71

You can practically hear them cackling no matter where you are. randome Mar 2014 #11

How soon we forget hfojvt Mar 2014 #13

The problem for the perpetually outraged leftynyc Mar 2014 #97

the trouble is, though, that this is not just a mostly moderate country hfojvt Mar 2014 #101

I understand what you're saying leftynyc Mar 2014 #143

sure it is hard to get stuff done hfojvt Mar 2014 #170

I agree with Randome on this one. Some people are just small minded and get a kick out of okaawhatever Mar 2014 #14

ummm maybe you meant you'll vote for the former ... (nt) sunnystarr Mar 2014 #158

lolz. yeah, I hate it when my freudian slip shows. nt okaawhatever Mar 2014 #174

Good god, that happened a week ago. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #15

Today as well. iandhr Mar 2014 #18

I happen to agree with Will on that point. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #64

then you and those 109 who "agree".... chillfactor Mar 2014 #78

Nice strawman. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #107

I finally just blocked Williampitt. He is just desperate for attention... Walk away Mar 2014 #109

That dead horse rose up from its grave today, peddling its same used-car salesman analogy. pnwmom Mar 2014 #38

I agree. nt WhiteTara Mar 2014 #16

I object to the negative stereotype of the phrase "used car salesman" Puzzledtraveller Mar 2014 #17

'Used conveyance salesperson'? randome Mar 2014 #23

You should have heard what I said about Clinton about various things he did joeybee12 Mar 2014 #21

what is "off the deep end" is claiming it was racist. TheSarcastinator Mar 2014 #22

That's not what was claimed. randome Mar 2014 #24

that is exactly what was claimed TheSarcastinator Mar 2014 #25

+1 Marr Mar 2014 #29

If Ted Nugent says it, it probably was racist. Whisp Mar 2014 #33

outrageous grasswire Mar 2014 #99

I read that post, and it didn't "claim it was racist." MADem Mar 2014 #171

No one here ever bashed the President before 2008. dawg Mar 2014 #26

You are comparing Obama... iandhr Mar 2014 #47

What makes Obama exempt from criticism and them not? dawg Mar 2014 #50

That's the rub right there in a nutshell. NorthCarolina Mar 2014 #180

Fucking Bashing is right.. "used car salesman piece of shit from his fucking heart and soul".. Yeah, Cha Mar 2014 #141

"Drunken, cocaine-addled sociopath" was my favorite description of * Doctor_J Mar 2014 #163

No, since Obama was elected, *you* changed. Marr Mar 2014 #27

fuckin-a right! frylock Mar 2014 #57

He wasn't "your guy" too? (nt) sunnystarr Mar 2014 #159

Haters gonna hate albino65 Mar 2014 #28

how exactly is "used car salesman" racist? TheSarcastinator Mar 2014 #31

When my u-trou are in a knot albino65 Mar 2014 #36

address the question.. frylock Mar 2014 #59

The gratuitous insults and low-rent Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #75

Were you around here when Bush was President? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #77

don't forget "empty suit" which now apparently has racist connotations frylock Mar 2014 #80

Yup, I forgot about that one nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #85

I should add..... Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #84

Translation, it is ok if this is a republican nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #86

Your translator is broken Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #90

I don't think so nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #93

Well, this IS DEMOCRATIC underground, after all. uppityperson Mar 2014 #121

Another Poster Off The Deep End ProfessorGAC Mar 2014 #155

the fact that Obama is clearly more competent then bush is what makes this all the more frustrating frylock Mar 2014 #88

Frustration is one thing.... Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #92

RW-style policy is a completely different matter as well.. frylock Mar 2014 #95

Time to whip out the broad brushes? Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #98

shit, this place has been whitewashed by people wielding their ODS broad brush frylock Mar 2014 #100

What does that have to do with interpreting "empty suit" as racist? Doctor_J Mar 2014 #162

huh? Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #164

read your DU journal PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #150

yo doesn't mean shit to me. albino65 Mar 2014 #152

followed up by profane anger, nice. PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #153

Expect a lot worse as we draw toward the midterms. Whisp Mar 2014 #30

no one is forced to come to DU grasswire Mar 2014 #102

you missed my point. Whisp Mar 2014 #105

I'm Beginning To Think.... mrchips Mar 2014 #32

It's off the deep end when we no longer hold our party accountable Auggie Mar 2014 #34

Agreed! Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #35

It makes one wonder if they changed to road map and some people are mistaking DU for free republic. William769 Mar 2014 #37

+1 n/t FSogol Mar 2014 #66

I know! cui bono Mar 2014 #120

Dichotomous thinking, either he is all good or all bad, unable to see shades of grey uppityperson Mar 2014 #122

Who the hell called the President a POS used car salesman and why is this poster still here? Maraya1969 Mar 2014 #39

....... steve2470 Mar 2014 #51

A regular who is sounding like an alzheimers patient this month larkrake Mar 2014 #137

Or red state Iliyah Mar 2014 #40

It's human nature to some LordGlenconner Mar 2014 #96

K&R Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #41

The majority of Americans voted TWICE for Pres. Obama flamingdem Mar 2014 #42

the majority of posters here criticizing the president voted for him twice frylock Mar 2014 #81

It's hard to get attention on a Democratic/progressive website by being positive TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #43

Ya think? nobodyspecial Mar 2014 #46

yep nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #52

Being negative Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #55

Is it possible to use language rw racists use without being a racist? uppityperson Mar 2014 #123

"America sought to work within the international system." MisterP Mar 2014 #44

well "we" didn't. Schema Thing Mar 2014 #63

It might be the change from DU 2 to DU 3 karynnj Mar 2014 #45

K&R.... I don't feel the same about DU as I used to.... too much negativity! secondwind Mar 2014 #48

Well it just might be because there are too many negative things going on zeemike Mar 2014 #68

yes, this place has changed.. frylock Mar 2014 #49

+1000. kath Mar 2014 #104

Yes, there was a time this place was concerned about reality. jeff47 Mar 2014 #136

it's funny how just about everyone on the planet read it as a rationalization.. frylock Mar 2014 #184

Yep, just as funny as Al Gore inventing the Internet. jeff47 Mar 2014 #189

no, just the right-wing assholes claim that.. frylock Mar 2014 #191

There's plenty of other examples "everyone knows" if you'd prefer. jeff47 Mar 2014 #194

Apology accepted Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #53

This place has "gone 'round the bend" in many ways. The_Commonist Mar 2014 #54

It is nothing more than pure and simple ratfucking* FSogol Mar 2014 #60

Yes Ive been here since 2001, it has changed bowens43 Mar 2014 #61

DU used to be about issues. Now it's just a fanzine, apparently. nt valerief Mar 2014 #62

^this^ frylock Mar 2014 #82

pretty much. nt laundry_queen Mar 2014 #115

Most of the posts are about DU or DUers. The SoP is meaningless. morningfog Mar 2014 #131

This type of behavior is embedded in human nature. Trust Buster Mar 2014 #65

yes, traditional democratic values are now fringe left/right wing.. frylock Mar 2014 #87

welcome to du, eys. PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #151

you think stuff on here is bad now rtracey Mar 2014 #67

"Democrat" Party, eh? stevenleser Mar 2014 #106

Hey rtracey Mar 2014 #156

I don't see any real problem with debating the performance of a Democratic President in office ... spin Mar 2014 #69

just cause someone posts frequently, does not mean they are particularly articulate or intelligent. La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #70

translation: Pitt is stupid frylock Mar 2014 #91

Yes, i have published work. No, I will not make it available to you. La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #103

Michelle Malkin; Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reily, one_voice Mar 2014 #108

It was less than 48 hours after the election in 08 Gman Mar 2014 #72

was that when it was announced that a homophobic asshole was giving the inaugural prayer? frylock Mar 2014 #94

You forgot to follow through. Ikonoklast Mar 2014 #114

No, it was Rahm Emmanuel as Chief of Staff. Gman Mar 2014 #134

Wow, so it was just 48 hours before the WH gave the finger to the left, huh? /nt Marr Mar 2014 #176

Actually less than 48 hours Gman Mar 2014 #188

Oh my-- so the big bad Left made Obama president, huh? Marr Mar 2014 #195

Nah. It's really just that one person, practicing 'grown up' talk. closeupready Mar 2014 #73

The place changed, you are right, and not in a healthy way nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #74

No one has ever said "there must be no criticism of the president." You know better than that... Hekate Mar 2014 #139

Love how they keep trotting out Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #146

You realize that the President is not anywhere close to a "mainstream progressive", right? n/t Dawgs Mar 2014 #76

^^^ dawg Mar 2014 #111

The best way for the President to avoid criticism from the Left, Maedhros Mar 2014 #79

+1 cui bono Mar 2014 #128

+1. n/t Laelth Mar 2014 #186

What did you say about single payer? xocet Mar 2014 #83

I agree. I don't know if they're ideological purists or repuke trolls. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2014 #89

But it was the CAR that was the POS, not the President!1!one Number23 Mar 2014 #110

Hey, look on the bright side. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #112

It really has gone off the deep end. obxhead Mar 2014 #113

Hate Sells, iandhr.. too bad if it's ignorant.. as you Cha Mar 2014 #116

How could anyone take offense at trying to sell this as better than Crimea ... GeorgeGist Mar 2014 #118

it will bother them again in 2017 Skittles Mar 2014 #192

Republicans dance with glee when Democrats shit on Democrats. baldguy Mar 2014 #126

The full blown "used car fucking hateon" has an ugly con site jerking off.. Cha Mar 2014 #138

Too many shill-trolls. morningfog Mar 2014 #127

Sorry but Obama's words in support of Iraq are indefensible. Warpy Mar 2014 #129

Thank god your OP pulled it back onto the ledge! cui bono Mar 2014 #132

.... DeSwiss Mar 2014 #140

Those on the left like that are their own worse enemies. DCBob Mar 2014 #142

In 2010... Stellar Mar 2014 #145

"Creating reality" and "perception is reality" are the RW's techniques CJCRANE Mar 2014 #148

Point taken. Stellar Mar 2014 #175

I think what's happening is that we're coming to terms with Obama as he really is. It's tough. reformist2 Mar 2014 #147

Nah, 5 or 6 people are making all the noise on this one. Rex Mar 2014 #166

yep. screaming their heads off as quietly as they can in their echo chamber. reddread Mar 2014 #172

DU was mainstream progressive blog along the lines of Daily Kos BlueJac Mar 2014 #167

Way I see it marions ghost Mar 2014 #168

Saying shit like that about a decent Democrat, even if one disagrees with an aspect of his MADem Mar 2014 #169

What's happening here thefool_wa Mar 2014 #173

best reply ever to lock step mentality! Hammer meet nail! JohnRogan Mar 2014 #179

Divide and conquer. grahamhgreen Mar 2014 #177

I have never understood why socialist and anarchist disruptors have free reign here Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2014 #178

some people dont care for open forums and if thats your case you should leave, JohnRogan Mar 2014 #181

have you read the Terms of Service? Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2014 #193

I believe '08 divided DU as well as the rest of the voting public JohnnyRingo Mar 2014 #182

It's no accident, and it's well coordinated. You're supposed to feel exactly the way you're feeling. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #183

I agree! jazzwinders Mar 2014 #185