Really?! So now even the Rude Pundit is thrown under the bus by DUers?

[liberalmuse]

409. Banning an article on DU is progress?

If sitting in a chair clicking your mouse over the "alert" button whenever you see a bad word regardless of context or taking into account that the article is satire is considered "progress", we're in a load of trouble. This isn't Tumblr where every other word is called out as a "trigger". Most of us are intelligent adults who can distinguish if the intention of an article is to promote sexism or homophobia. Rude Pundit does not, however, he is deliberately offensive for a reason, and some of us get it, while others completely miss the point, focusing on a couple words. I get it. Some people don't like vulgarity.

His over-the-top choice of words and phrases are used as a tool to make the reader cringe, then laugh at the absurdity, hopefully releasing some pent up outrage. As angry as Cheney and his ilk make me, I know that Rude Pundit will be angrier, and succinctly lay it all out there in his own unique fashion. If he offends some, then I would advise them to not click on his stuff. It's perplexing how his articles have been posted and enjoyed on DU for years, then all of a sudden a small minority want to censor them. I call that policing, not progress.