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Crunchy Frog

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54. Was that on the old DU, or the current one?

Mon Dec 7, 2015, 09:40 PM

Dec 2015

Sorry, just checked it out and you are blocked.

You might want to appeal to the other host to be reinstated, since apparently any host can unblock someone.

I mostly just read these days, and don't post much, but appreciate your perspective there.

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Please help me understand the truth on DU policy... [View all] DuaneBidoux Dec 2015 OP

Israeli/Palestine topics Le Taz Hot Dec 2015 #1

However, that rule is strictly enforced for Pal/Israel - but not for gun discussion. nt ellenrr Dec 2015 #17

I humbly request any correction and will defer to da all-powerful Oz... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #26

Both rules are supposed to be suspended when there is breaking news involving the topic KamaAina Dec 2015 #41

Pinned at the top of General Discussion .... etherealtruth Dec 2015 #2

"Posts about...guns... are restricted in this forum." It actually says that. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #23

here's the SoP related to guns .... when we have a lull in mass shootings etherealtruth Dec 2015 #24

So "mass shootings" (a relatively new def., abundantly pushed by MSM) has rendered... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #27

Read the SoP for GD .... the answers are there etherealtruth Dec 2015 #29

So, it appears there is in fact No restrictions on gun posts in GD... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #30

Some of us have not become desensitized to gun violence or mass murder etherealtruth Dec 2015 #32

"Desensitized." How clinical, given the level of hate and smear some Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #33

Its not my site etherealtruth Dec 2015 #34

Of course this doesn't address the issue of the dead letter in GD. Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #37

I don't think its a "minority view", Go Vols Dec 2015 #47

I think even the most ardent gun supporter knows it is a minority view here etherealtruth Dec 2015 #49

I think most gun owners here Go Vols Dec 2015 #50

That one is most def a 2-way street etherealtruth Dec 2015 #51

That's a creative yet wholly unsupported allegation. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #38

Well, Lantern, is it 353 this year or 4? Mother Jones says the latter... Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #43

Well, with "mass shootings" conveniently re-defined, that day may never happen. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #40

I would direct your concerns related to the identification of mass shootings to the admin etherealtruth Dec 2015 #44

I can't say I care much any more one way or the other if there are gun threads in GD. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #45

Debating me on whether we should or should not allow is fruitless ... etherealtruth Dec 2015 #46

You think I'm debating you? Um...nope. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #48

In between mass shootings. Crunchy Frog Dec 2015 #53

Levels of tolerance vary from group to group. edgineered Dec 2015 #3

HRC has more banned than subscribers? Yikes. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2015 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author edgineered Dec 2015 #5

The total numbers are: edgineered Dec 2015 #6

See my post below about tolerance in groups. TexasTowelie Dec 2015 #8

The best part of statistics is they are in favor of the view taken! nt edgineered Dec 2015 #12

Or the math could be viewed from this perspective: TexasTowelie Dec 2015 #7

Those figures are worthless edgineered Dec 2015 #10

The comment about screenshots was not directed at you, but to the person I replied to. TexasTowelie Dec 2015 #14

Those stats don't tell the whole truth on tolerance. Gormy Cuss Dec 2015 #9

While what you say may very well be true, edgineered Dec 2015 #11

Actually I checked most of the banned members from the Sanders Group and I came up with five TexasTowelie Dec 2015 #13

I was banned early on from the Hillary group SheilaT Dec 2015 #31

I don't understand how the hosts would know who sent an alert Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #16

The host of groups can see alerts with alerter names Sissyk Dec 2015 #19

Aaah, thanks for clarifying Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #20

More than welcome! Sissyk Dec 2015 #21

Lots of people banned from Hillary and Bernie groups artislife Dec 2015 #35

I don't feel victimized, just amused. n/t Gormy Cuss Dec 2015 #36

The HRH group, like the one hifiguy Dec 2015 #15

I would agree. earthside Dec 2015 #52

you are wrong about that, I was banned. I am not sure of the reason, ellenrr Dec 2015 #18

Was that on the old DU, or the current one? Crunchy Frog Dec 2015 #54

thanks, I don't think it is worth the trouble.. in general the tone of the entire DU ellenrr Dec 2015 #55

What a pantload--the Clinton group has been in existence since DU2. You forgot that bit. MADem Dec 2015 #28

Hardly anyone is able to give an objective description of their deleted posts or reasons for banning muriel_volestrangler Dec 2015 #22

Yup. Agschmid Dec 2015 #25

To understand truth, read philosophy and view art. To understand terms of service LanternWaste Dec 2015 #39

You are correct. This is not be the appropriate place. KamaAina Dec 2015 #42

Ask The Administrators. Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #56