But, reading some of the most vile shit that was allowed to remain on this forum was what changed my opinion about the admins and their ridiculous "jury system".
It was bad before the primaries even started, but it grew worse with each passing week.
For what's it worth, eventually I just threw up my hands and gave up on alerting on any racist, sexist, or anti-gay bullshit that was written on this forum because none of the alerts resulted in a hide.
And that was late last year!!
So, nobody can blame me for any hidden posts they may have suffered.
And since I refuse to waste my time judging those comments made by others by participating in the kangaroo jury panels, no one can blame me for voting to hide their worthless posts.
Civility was never one of DU's attributes when it was election time on Skinner's forum, in any case.
2008 was bad, but this year it was far more personal.
However, I decided last summer that this was going to be my last go around on this forum.
I wasn't going to put myself through all of the maddening gyrations and stand idly by witnessing another bloodless massacre where people who had been offended beyond any kind of standard one may deem "civil" and then responded, only to be the ones themselves punished for daring to respond.
As it is now, I'm not going to waste more of my time reading, responding, replying, much less alerting on any of the posts, ones like the horrendous horseshit that was allowed to remain on this forum in the previous last year or so.
It isn't worth my time, nor my energy.
More than that, trying to have discussions with known liars is toxic.
It's not good for one's mental health to constantly have to refute the litany of lies that are spewed here and then cheered on by others as if it is the Gospel truth.
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