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Atheists & Agnostics

RussBLib

(10,572 posts) Tue Jan 13, 2015, 02:51 PM Jan 2015

THAT post felt like trolling [View all]

Just wondering who here might have alerted on that thread started by "SoLeftIAmRight"? Is wondering about that, or posting about it, a violation of the rules?

s/he could just as easily have put it in all caps: JUSTIFY YOURSELVES, ATHEISTS!!!

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THAT post felt like trolling [View all] RussBLib Jan 2015 OP

No clue, and actually I wouldn't have minded discussing it. trotsky Jan 2015 #1

I wasn't particularly offended by it, but it was clearly out of place for the group. Tobin S. Jan 2015 #2

I think it's a fair question coming from a religious point of view. LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #3

Not me Rainforestgoddess Jan 2015 #4

I obviously missed something Silent3 Jan 2015 #5

Hidden. LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #6

Ah. Doesn't bother me. Silent3 Jan 2015 #7

I thought it was a bad hide. deucemagnet Jan 2015 #8

I suspect jurors were trying to respect our safe haven. LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #9

obviously the "quality" of the juries varies wildly RussBLib Jan 2015 #10

That really isn't and shouldn't be a jury function. Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #16

Agreed. But the jury does what the jury does. LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #18

I'm sure that was their intent. deucemagnet Jan 2015 #22

I dunno. Seemed like s/he was genuinely interested. progressoid Jan 2015 #11

Looked like trolling to me, too Warpy Jan 2015 #12

Yeah, I did not reply to it Mbrow Jan 2015 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Jan 2015 #14

That was a meddlesome jury enforcing the SOP of this forum. Warren Stupidity Jan 2015 #15

I thought it was trolling. frogmarch Jan 2015 #17

If the OP had included some reasons Jeff Murdoch Jan 2015 #19

I agree. That's why my reply was pushing for more.... PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #20

Thanks for the laugh. Goblinmonger Jan 2015 #21

It wasn't me who found it offensive. Curmudgeoness Jan 2015 #23

Agreed re justification, bvf Jan 2015 #28

Didn't see any reason for the alert or the hide. bvf Jan 2015 #24

so no one here will cop to alerting on the post? RussBLib Jan 2015 #25

not worth it. AlbertCat Jan 2015 #33

t'wernt I. PeaceNikki Jan 2015 #36

I agree RussBLib Jan 2015 #37

Atheists! We are worse than ZOMBIE HITLERZ!1! onager Jan 2015 #26

speaking of Hitler RussBLib Jan 2015 #27

That is someone banned from DU before for being rude to "a raving atheist" muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #29

Excellent. trotsky Jan 2015 #30

Yeah, troll. Hissyspit Jan 2015 #31

thanks, Muriel. sounds like a militant faithiest to me. RussBLib Jan 2015 #32

I guess that conversation was headed nowhere. LiberalAndProud Jan 2015 #35

Faithiest Troll. mr blur Jan 2015 #34