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3catwoman3

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33. Can't people just be grown up enough...

Reply to tavernier (Original post)

Thu Nov 19, 2015, 10:00 PM

Nov 2015

...to ignore bad actors? When I first started looking around on DU, one of the things that attracted me to this site was the "no holds barred" way people expressed themselves. Why have so many become so sensitive?

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This is about the 5th time I've excused myself from jury duty [View all] tavernier Nov 2015 OP

Funny I was on a jury Kalidurga Nov 2015 #1

I agree with you. Tipperary Nov 2015 #4

Thank you Kalidurga Nov 2015 #7

Jury decision is not required in cases of differences in opinions but have seen serveral like this. Thinkingabout Nov 2015 #2

That's when I say 'Leave it'. trof Nov 2015 #3

i refuse the shit in gdp... spanone Nov 2015 #5

and lately it's ALL in gdp. tavernier Nov 2015 #17

I quit the jury duty cesspool about two weeks after it started. OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2015 #6

Yes, I can serve now . . . *click* gratuitous Nov 2015 #8

Or I/P Renew Deal Nov 2015 #15

Oh wow, there are actually reported posts from there? Shandris Nov 2015 #35

I/P is tough Renew Deal Nov 2015 #36

I almost always excuse myself on those... Agschmid Nov 2015 #39

I seem to get one of these every day Retrograde Nov 2015 #9

I thought you meant real jury duty B2G Nov 2015 #10

Oh, sorry! tavernier Nov 2015 #12

You�re thinking about reality. Quantess Nov 2015 #13

Hell no! I relish the chance to vote against the alert trolls KamaAina Nov 2015 #11

Some of the jury comments have been on point lately. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #19

I am 0 for 3 edhopper Nov 2015 #14

The only juries I'm ever called for are in GD: P. Blue_In_AK Nov 2015 #16

me too. i think i only voted once to hide, restorefreedom Nov 2015 #40

I always serve when called to a jury. cwydro Nov 2015 #18

Right? And it can be hard to do. ScreamingMeemie Nov 2015 #20

You are so right. cwydro Nov 2015 #24

I am the same way. Quixote1818 Nov 2015 #22

Lately I almost never vote to hide unless it's really outragous. FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #21

I usually pass if it is in GD-P. Rex Nov 2015 #23

I rarely opt out olddots Nov 2015 #25

you bring your own thermos dlwickham Nov 2015 #28

the jury system on here pretty much sucks dlwickham Nov 2015 #26

I never opt out. It it is a Snit Fit... Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #27

I was on one the other day where the alerter went on and on and on about the LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #29

I laugh when the alerter breaks more rules in their reason than the poster they are alerting. FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #31

The election has a long way to go, and I'd recommend just judging the behavior. HuckleB Nov 2015 #30

I always serve Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #32

Same here. I figure that somebody may just be having a lousy day. BlueJazz Nov 2015 #34

Can't people just be grown up enough... 3catwoman3 Nov 2015 #33

I take turns were I am unwilling to serve only to see a hide/jury result posted Solly Mack Nov 2015 #37

Couldn't have said it better, tavernier Nov 2015 #41

Primary season has always been acrimonious to one degree or another, we both know that... Solly Mack Nov 2015 #42

GD:P is a cesspool. hunter Nov 2015 #38