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In reply to the discussion: How do you get banned from a group without ever subscribing to [View all]clarice
(5,504 posts)420. Have a wonderful time....talk to you when you get back. nt
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if you walk into a group and are disrespectful, expect to not be able to walk back in.
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#1
anybody can post in a group without subscription. and you can get banned simply by posting
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#17
sheshe. right there with you. and i hear ya. it is amazing. bog and hof has not only taken down
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#89
You don't only post in the BOG as you well know, plus the rampant banning for no reason
cui bono
Jun 2014
#236
Yeah their ban list tells it all, if you look at that group it is mostly the hosts posting.
Rex
Jun 2014
#176
Really? Go find the one post I made in the BOG - unknowingly I might add - and show me what
cui bono
Jun 2014
#295
Nothing? Hm... so I did not go in and post "crap in the BoG"? I wasn't disrespectful in there?
cui bono
Jun 2014
#392
"Oh please. You talk about respect as if you know what the word means." LOL,she.. says the
Cha
Jun 2014
#313
You're whining about the BOG.. and you got Blocked because you couldn't respect the Group's
Cha
Jun 2014
#312
Isn't that purple loosestrife, a Malicious Intruder in the vegetation community?
petronius
Jun 2014
#69
"I've concluded that some use it as code for African American." Frankly, that's just dumb, TBH.
AverageJoe90
Jun 2014
#366
Well, being banned from the BOG simply means you are being discriminated against
cui bono
Jun 2014
#141
Being Blocked from the Barack Obama Group or any Group means they can't handle respecting
Cha
Jun 2014
#310
cui bono, are you aware that the poster was not banned from BOG or HoF, the two groups being
Squinch
Jun 2014
#227
I got that in a roundabout way from the thread, however, the discussion veered off to BOG and HoF
cui bono
Jun 2014
#240
It's hard for me to follow the timeline once a thread like this has taken off, but...
Violet_Crumble
Jun 2014
#317
I suspect that if I ever tried to be a host, I would quickly go mad given the stuff they have to
Squinch
Jun 2014
#318
Some certainly do. *Some others*, however, don't care so much about education.....
AverageJoe90
Jun 2014
#367
"You falsely accused people". No, to the contrary; What I wrote to Polly was totally truthful.
AverageJoe90
Jun 2014
#402
i rarely click on the "women's forums" so that's why i'm not posting on your atrocities threads.
Scout
Jun 2014
#255
Back atcha...FYI, I am more of a moderate than anything. That irks some people. nt
clarice
Jun 2014
#416
Yup, in my case it was in the 'Trending Now' section of the home page. I had no...
SaveOurDemocracy
Jun 2014
#352
You don't "join" Groups.. members just jump on a thread in said group and respect the Mission
Cha
Jun 2014
#315
"You know damned well where you stand!"? No Manny I have never seen your concerns posted.
sheshe2
Jun 2014
#98
The latest persona management software has *all* the bells and whistles
MannyGoldstein
Jun 2014
#354
Yeah, if you want to be allied with all the bannees from the CC who brag about it.
Ikonoklast
Jun 2014
#259
The sop of these groups are mainly written by the admins and approved by them.
hrmjustin
Jun 2014
#19
Well some groups had imput in the sop but the admins have to program the final sop into
hrmjustin
Jun 2014
#62
respect is expected in most all groups. including the mens group. and when i walk into the mens
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#25
aren't a coward for coming on DU because DU itself doesn't allow certain views/people to be promoted
JI7
Jun 2014
#162
it's strange how you view posting on an internet forum a sign of courage or cowardice
JI7
Jun 2014
#262
the conservative sites are full of people arguing and fighting and attacking their own party
JI7
Jun 2014
#269
why are you calling duers cowards and for a simple fact they want a space to discuss issues without
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#167
indeed. and only further support for having groups that does not allow this behavior.
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#180
or the hate is in our face there, and you choose to ignore, deny, or reject the hate that is clear.
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#187
can you misdirect every single thing i said, any more clearly. lol. so fuggin' funny
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#193
By design. They are 'safe-zones'. That's what they are for. I host the ProChoice group and do NOT
PeaceNikki
Jun 2014
#45
Are you saying that you find belief in climate change to be a "fluffy ideology?"
Squinch
Jun 2014
#111
That is correct. Some groups are safe havens where attacks against their core principals are not
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2014
#172
But you gotta be born in Austin, first... Right? (WARNING Really Old Country Music):
freshwest
Jun 2014
#404
Safe haven groups by their very nature don't have to tolerate alternate viewpoints.
NuclearDem
Jun 2014
#22
hahhaha, really a private internet forum is like a dictatorship ? you need to get out in the real
JI7
Jun 2014
#23
not really, many of us enjoy making fun of republicans together , but why come on a site like this
JI7
Jun 2014
#37
Riiiiiight. His banning from the environmental group for denying climate change is just like Hitler.
Squinch
Jun 2014
#97
I know, I know, pick me! You got banned from Enviornment and Energy for persistent climate denial.
LeftyMom
Jun 2014
#27
You're a climate denier, you think clean coal is a thing that exists and you're pro fracking.
LeftyMom
Jun 2014
#51
Is that coal we are sending to China being burned as clean as it would be if we used it? hmm As far
doc03
Jun 2014
#58
funny, it's always about $$$/ self interest to those people angry they can't say anything they want
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#231
Why do you consider it some sort of badge of honor to dispute climate change out of ignorance?
CreekDog
Jun 2014
#283
i thought a person had to post in a group before that host could do what they do to ban.
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#30
i KNOW there are people that do not want me to participate in certain groups and YET...
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#40
I think the fair balance is safe havens don't show up on greatest, trending, or latest.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#78
exactly. i get in trouble all over the place, and i get it. lol. not hard. yes. nt
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#54
you deny climate change and think you should be given equal considering in an environment group ?
JI7
Jun 2014
#39
It is not fun to ban people. I know because I did it and it is not a pleasant experience.
hrmjustin
Jun 2014
#67
Lemme give you a word of advice, before posting a reply...look to see what group it is in
Rex
Jun 2014
#83
Here is a thread full of people trashing HoF and BOG and wondering why HoF and BOG don't want to
Squinch
Jun 2014
#92
Exactly. People behave like assholes and then wonder why others might prefer to avoid them. n/t
nomorenomore08
Jun 2014
#104
All this is because the environmental group banned a climate change denier. And now he's annoyed.
Squinch
Jun 2014
#105
you and i both know, and lets not pretend, those posters run into hof to disrupt then chest bump
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#123
he is a host of the mens group. he has banned people himself. he has told posters to behave
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#169
boys will be boys. in all things to dominate and control women, use boys will be boys.
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#326
provacative. i agree. here is the simple answer laelth. i wnt to hear what you say.
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#328
cool. i hear you. truly. and you are making me play this one out. i am not gonna deny a
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#331
I'm not commenting about the rest of the thread... it's a waste of time.
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2014
#182
No, it means that there are 46 dumbasses who couldn't respect the SOP of that Group...nt
SidDithers
Jun 2014
#184
it is seriously ridiculous that hof have so many people that feel the need to attack women.
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#190
not fuggin even, but... i do apprecaite the flexibility in your statement, jeff.
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#237
That would assume that anybody but you gives a fuck how many people are on "the list".
MadrasT
Jun 2014
#432
And now that whole episode has been rewritten in the DU history books as complaints against swearing
Squinch
Jun 2014
#203
that is exactly what happen. cause then, the argument can be cencorship. so i haev to wonder who
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#210
Who would have trashed their sexist- and racist-slur loving asses in a heartbeat.
Squinch
Jun 2014
#268
True, but it has generated an interesting and important discussion, I think. n/t
Laelth
Jun 2014
#324
I'll never understand why so much anti-Democratic stuff is tolerated here. Because it seems like
Squinch
Jun 2014
#130
boggles my mind watching du advocate protecting racism, sexism and homophobia.
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#170
"Some have decided that misogyny, racism, and homophobia are now liberal virtues" I'm sorry, but....
AverageJoe90
Jun 2014
#371
Oh gawd. Seriously. People call out the BOGGERS because they can't take any criticism of their
cui bono
Jun 2014
#294
"Precious Obama".. you got that right. You have the whole board to call out the President and you
Cha
Jun 2014
#309
+ a billion. No wonder so many black folks and women have hauled ass from this place and not looked
Number23
Jun 2014
#307
Yeah, Squinch.. Oooops.. it was the Environmental Group because OP is a Climate Change Denier..
Cha
Jun 2014
#316
I'm a pretty devoted Bogger myself.....but HoF does have it's problem people, though.
AverageJoe90
Jun 2014
#370
Or, alternatively, the environment and energy group doesn't want to waste its time with climate
Squinch
Jun 2014
#106
I think those complaining have a problem with the idea that within the safe havens, no one
Squinch
Jun 2014
#125
do you really need an explanation for why climate change denial should not be allowed
JI7
Jun 2014
#128
Listen, no one here gives a shit about your heroic white male fantasies.
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#243
I'm sorry, does not bowing to patriarchal white supremacy make me a misandrist?
Gravitycollapse
Jun 2014
#260
The only lies in the news story and thread about the Klamath Basin were told by you
CreekDog
Jun 2014
#266
for those trashing certain groups. these groups are also the MOST active on du.
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#175
Nice work getting your MASSIVE whine about DU and divisive bullshit to stick in GD.
PeaceNikki
Jun 2014
#186
you have been very comfortable with du from day one. we are allowed to think you are a returnee.
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#202
Yes, plus the disgraced AverageJoe90. I'd reply to him about his claim to be a BOGGER, but since
freshwest
Apr 2015
#433
I followed the links from the new BOG thread you sent me. Very nice one. n/t
freshwest
Apr 2015
#435
Did not know I could do hide groups but I do not fucking go there either
Exposethefrauds
Jun 2014
#197
and another chest bumping another. badge of honor. you guys. you really are making this way too
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#215