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Hassin Bin Sober

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45. And now probably shut out of alerting

Fri May 23, 2014, 04:14 PM

May 2014

On Fri May 23, 2014, 03:01 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

You are so wrong
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4990166

REASON FOR ALERT

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

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Rude, insensitive bullying: "Wake up. You are the one living under a rock as you do not see what is going on around you. Enjoy your tv or your easy lifestyle."

Consider that the phrase "wake up" is a common guilt-tripping tactic by conspiracy theorists: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Wake_up

Had this user not included the rude "wake up" and "living under a rock" passages, I wouldn't have alerted. Otherwise, this user just stained an otherwise compelling post with a violation of community standards: "good discussions among a diverse community of people holding a broad range of center-to-left viewpoints."

Furthermore, this user tying "My friends who work for wall st law firms haven't been allowed to bring cell phones into meetings for over 5 years" with an overall theme of Facebook spying on private conversations - see posts 5 and 9 - is quite laughable and meets the definition of "paranoid fantasies with little or no basis in fact." Enough already.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Fri May 23, 2014, 03:09 PM, and the Jury voted 0-7 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Brusque but within the bounds of political discourse. Alert actually seems frivolous or vindictive.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: LOL, you alert and take the opportunity to continue to accuse him of being paranoid? I vote to leave it alone.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given

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You are so wrong billhicks76 May 2014 #24

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And now probably shut out of alerting Hassin Bin Sober May 2014 #45

I was flagged? billhicks76 May 2014 #47

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The jury voted 7-0 in your favor. Hassin Bin Sober May 2014 #57

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It's completely voluntary. No one has to do it. tkmorris May 2014 #6

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unless you believe fb is part of the gov't ProdigalJunkMail May 2014 #10

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