At Thu Sep 26, 2013, 11:35 AM an alert was sent on the following post:
You are promoting an anti gay bigot as if he was for equality and decency. That's not cool.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3732262
REASON FOR ALERT:
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.
ALERTER'S COMMENTS:
Accusing the OP of "attacking" LGBT people, just because the OP dared to express the heretical idea that Pope Francis might be an improvement over the previous pope. This is really nasty. Please, let's make DU a friendlier place.
You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Thu Sep 26, 2013, 11:42 AM, and the Jury voted 1-5 to LEAVE IT.
Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: I don't see this as a personal attack. Borderline, maybe, but not enough to hide.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: This is a tough one. The alerter has a valid point that this post accuses the poster od supporting anti-gay positions, when htat is not the case. However, rather than censoring this post, discussing it is a better option (which is being done).
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: The "offending" post is perhaps an extreme statement of opinion, and indeed an opinion I disagree with, but the proper remedy is discussion, not suppression, of the opinion.
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT and said: Much as I dislike the Church, and the fact that the Pope doesn't do much much more, this attack on the poster was uncalled for.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: A bit hyperbolic, but not over the line. Reads like rigorous political discourse rather than a personal attack.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: I agree with Laelth that Francis is a big improvement over Benedict, but I am not going to vote to hide someone who speaks up for LGBT people. This is not an attack on the poster in any way, and far too often bigoted DU'ers hold sway over the juries when anti-gay members alert on anything even remotely pro-gay. I will not join in that trend.
Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.
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