rbrnmw was asked to remove this image from their sig line.

[sheshe2]

On DU, a poster asked them to remove this heartbreaking image. Why?

This is DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND. Why would anyone wish to ban this image?

Please go Kick and Rec the hell out of their post! Black Lives Matter on DU!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/118755065

[Aristus]

1. Done!

Thanks for the heads-up, sheshe2...

[sheshe2]

5. Thank you my friend!

Love!

[Aristus]

6. Back at you...

[PNW_Dem]

38. Another Inconvenient Truth

This is another “inconvenient truth” that we all need to acknowledge and confront. The injustice is not new, but the videos are!

K&R

[PJMcK]

2. Is probably from a troll

Move on.

[sheshe2]

7. It is probably a troll, move on?

WTF? Glib response...thanks so much.

Nope, not moving on. I am ramping up my support!

[yuiyoshida]

3. done

[sheshe2]

17. Thanks!

[yuiyoshida]

20. you're welcome

dou itashimashite!

[cheapdate]

4. Went to go rec the post wholeheartedly, but, oh yeah, banned in AA.

[seabeyond]

52. You can still recommend even if banned can't you?

[fasttense]

62. Yup, me too. N/t

[bravenak]

8. Very bold of that person to demand such a thing

[sheshe2]

13. Very bold....

sure wish I knew who it was. I have my thoughts, yet there are so many that fit the MO!

Hey you~

[bravenak]

15. I know who it was because that person had a fascination for me at one point

[sheshe2]

18. Scarey...................

So many have an unhealthy interest in you.

I truly do not understand why, well ya, maybe I DO.

[bravenak]

21. I Know right?

Not cool or fun

[spanone]

9. K&R...

[PJMcK]

10. Kick and Recommended X1,000,000

Dear sheshe2, please accept my apologies if my previous post (#2) struck you as glib. I meant no disrespect to you when, in fact, I couldn't understand the objection to rbrnmw's original post.

All I meant was that there are bigger battles to be won. A single, idiotic post on a website is not as important as the broader issues that I believe we agree on. As I've gotten older, (I'll be 58 in a couple of weeks), I've learned that some idiots are best ignored, like the jerk who objected to rbrnmw's sig line.

Once again, sorry my comment came off sounding smart-assed.

[sheshe2]

23. Okay. PJMcK.

Got it. Thanks for the explanation.

I know it is a small thing, yet small is part of the bigger picture. If black lives do not matter then the rest of the minorities do not matter. LGBT, Women and all people of color will not matter. We do this together or we do not do it at all. We need to take each others backs.

Sincerely thanking you.

[BlueCaliDem]

11. Done, she! I saw rbrnmw's post before I saw yours, but I wanted to let you know I stand in

solidarity with rbrnmw's choice to keep his/her sigline. I see nothing wrong with espousing the truth. Enough is ENOUGH of this senseless and deadly violence against our black brothers and sisters. Enough of the extrajudicial executions without repercussions! I'm sorry that it hurt the complaining poster's feelings to have the truth right smack in the face, but truth is truth even when it's an ugly truth, and hopefully people will finally WAKE UP and see that it's way past time to do something about bad cops other than let them slide.

[sheshe2]

26. Thanks BCD!

It is time for this to end. We do this together or not at all. Ya know what, they have my back as well, a woman.

We stand together. I will never stop fighting.

[KMOD]

12. Done!

With pleasure.

[Mendocino]

14. Done

[Sophiegirl]

16. Kicked

And rec'd

[Ilsa]

19. Done. nt

[Bobbie Jo]

22. K&R

Done.

[ChazII]

24. Done n/t

[montana_hazeleyes]

25. K&R

!

[DemonGoddess]

27. Done!

[Ford_Prefect]

28. The truth disturbed someone. Someone with an agenda used the alerts to punish.

I regret to say that I am not surprised.

Given the number of jury duties I have seen recently that were clearly a mis-interpretation of either the rules, or else the meaning and context of the alerted subject or post, I can only say that there are some very frightened people inhabiting DU. I regret that their fears allow them to see images (as above) and ideas as so very threatening that they MUST provoke authority in response to them.

I do not believe that is the purpose of the alert and jury system, though some will understandably argue that is what it is being used for.

There are also Trolls among us whose intent is clear and whose issues stand out loudly when you can see them at it. I regret I have no power to do more than complain of their apparent actions, such as I suspect was this one.

As we know there are those who typically reside on RW sites whose chief entertainment seems to be attacking DU members and then counting glory points for it on their resident forums...And then there are those who are paid to do it, quite a few of late I would think.

While we have quite a range of views and people here, NO ONE should feel their freely and appropriately expressed ideas will be silenced by those with an agenda, all recent evidence to the contrary notwithstanding.

I will continue to stand up when I may for the ideas and beliefs I and others hold dear. I am not so afraid of those ideas and beliefs which others also hold dear that I can not stand to see or hear them or discuss them fairly and openly. I also feel that those I may dispute with from time to time have a right to their ideas and a place here to appropriately express them. I expect to defend those rights as well though it may be at times difficult.

I do see the system abused and I do see that there is a bent within DU to obscure or deny certain points of view. That is the nature of such a forum as we have here. Other forums I have seen and been party to are much worse and none are perfect, nor are we.

Black Lives Matter. So too do other lives. We should not be so ready to dispense with the rights of anyone as easily as this alert must have done.

[Vattel]

29. I wish I could see the names.

[lunamagica]

30. Done!

[Gabi Hayes]

31. truth is pain

[Cracklin Charlie]

32. I really don't understand the logic...

Why do they think they need to tell these people, or any other people, how to protest?

It's their protest. They called it Black Lives Matter.

You don't get to tell them to re-name it, even if the name makes you uncomfortable. It belongs to them.

Support their right as Americans to peacefully protest, in their work toward a better world, or start your own protest.

Those are your only choices.

[Travis_0004]

47. Yet BLM has no issues hijacking an LGBT protest.

[lastone]

33. Asking to change an avatar

Pathetic...

[sheshe2]

34. It was their sig line...

I agree, pathetic.

Thanks, lastone.

[George II]

39. Well, some hopefully now "dearly departed" got all bent into knots about DUers using....

....the DU Celtic Cross stock avatar.

Amazing how so-called progressives or even libertarians STILL want to dictate others' behavior.

[Maru Kitteh]

35. Done sheshe!

[sheshe2]

36. Thanks Maru!

[George II]

37. Already done....amazing how many whine about the administrators "censoring".....

....yet some of those "many" want to do exactly that - censor.

Yet another example of those who really are NOT progressive or Democrats.

[sheshe2]

40. Yet...

I saw here today that they are the true "progressives". They said so. Lol! They want this taken down, then are not progressive or even liberal.

Hey, you changed your avatar! I loved your old one. George!

[George II]

41. I change periodically - this one is very good, the "dot" in the middle is not far from where I live!

[sheshe2]

45. The dot! I am zeroing in on you.

Lol. I am coming to visit you and yours.

[Democat]

43. Wanting the admins to censor right wing trolls does not mean you are not progressive

Getting rid of right wing trolls makes DU useful to Democrats.

[elmac]

42. That just earns them

a one way trip to my block list, and that list grows quite big on DU, I don't put up with whiners or negative meme replies AKA trolls.

[KT2000]

44. Done!

It was carried in Seattle today too.

[Lint Head]

46. Kicked!

[Feeling the Bern]

48. Done. So sick of word police on DU.

The right not to be offended sickens me. If something offends you, ignore it. It might not offend others. Don't push your beliefs on me. Leave thy religion to thyself.

[JNelson6563]

49. K&R!

[cosmicone]

50. People who wanted it removed

were probably from the members of the hate site spun off by banned former members of DU.

[sheshe2]

51. Possibly.

Or Maybe Gunners. Trumpeter's? Whoever, they are ugly. Who on DU do not believe that black lives matter? The person has no place on DU.

[zappaman]

71. Pinebaggerz. n/t

[tenderfoot]

73. There's plenty of pine cones and such here too

eom

[AgadorSparticus]

53. K&R!

[In_The_Wind]

54. K & R x 2

[riversedge]

55. KandR

[BumRushDaShow]

56. K&R

and done!

[malaise]

57. K & R

for truth

[Surya Gayatri]

58. Massive K & R.

[VOX]

59. Done. And done. n/t

[The Polack MSgt]

60. K&R

[marble falls]

61. Added the photo to my sigline.

[nolabels]

63. Please do not say things that will hurt my delicate ears

The idea that 'some DNA is better than others' is more subjective than word police machinations. Only goes to figure they would travel in one another's company

[GoneOffShore]

64. K & R Plus this

[IMG][/IMG]

[lostnfound]

65. Nice banner. I've been thinking about Tshirts with something similar

Somebody put some effort into making that.
And I think it should be a standard rule of journalism to make every effort to find real photos to use, not mugshots, when ever someone has been a victim of violence.
You look at that group of photos and it shows the tragedy in living breathing beautiful diverse color.

You look at a mugshot and people are marginalized .

[TheBlackAdder]

66. Done! This censorship stuff is getting out of hand.

[niyad]

67. I was, sadly, not in the least surprised when I saw that. I guess the truth bothers some.

[ProfessorGAC]

68. Not Getting This, She

Somebody asked to remove that? Huh? Exactly to whom does this give offense?

A silly request. Glad rbrnmw ignored it.

[Angry Dragon]

69. Kick

[geardaddy]

70. K & R here

and over at rbrnmw's post.

[Deuce]

72. Done...

[raven mad]

74. K&R sheshe2.

This old white hippie chick admires truth in all its glory. Not only am I K&R'ing this, I'm bookmarking it.

[sheshe2]

76. Thanks for keeping that candle burning, raven mad.

[we can do it]

75. Thanks for calling this to my attention.

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