giftedgirl,another one of our friends has been silenced
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=304197
I am at a loss for words. All I can say is you don't show respect for people by shutting them up and when you have a party that is nearly 45% minority and a board that is supposed to represent that party that is 95% or more majority and the few minority voices are being systematically silenced something isn't right.
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This reminds me of the twilight zone episode 'It's a Good Life" where everyone had to make sure not to upset a child or else risk severe punishment. Reminds me DU right about now. 
On an isolated family farm, a young boy with vast mental powers, but lacking emotional development, holds his terrified family in thrall to his every juvenile wish.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734580/
EEEWWWuuuu ! Creepy ass kid. 
...fair
and balanced
Here's a good evil laugh for you!
...with a keyboard.
That's why I fixed my oversight in my reply to nc4bo. I usually add a "not all" or "just some" to my posts when addressing "some"
Bernie supporters.
Get up in their faces and 
DU was hijacked and although half of my ignore list has been PPRd, a whole new crop have arisen to take their place (many who drank a bit too much of the Firedog Lake koolaid). And there have been exoduses of folks to other sites - including most recently when Skinner set up a separate Hillary site.
So when the bullies take over the neighborhood, eventually they are all that's left after they chase everyone else away. And then that's when they start to eat their own.
I'm not quite sure why that's not apparent to the powers that be, but you can only turn a blind eye for so long. 
Are you talking about "rules" that are applied unequally in real life as well as here at DU?
Yeah, just sit back and take it already.
Suck it up, people.
How does the situation you described justify giftedgirl being rude to someone on DU?
....it is because to a great many of us, that phrase that was let to stand has become the DU standard of just how low SOME people can go without getting so much as a slap on the wrist.
And yet for others... 
The only thing you can reasonably bevsure of is that the entirety of the change you want will not happen immediately as the result of your action. But your small push in the right direction, added to the push of many others over time, may eventually change the inertia. But if you're looking for near certainties, the one thing practically guaranteed to be true is that if you (and everyone else making the assumption that they cannot change anything with their words) say nothing to those in position to make changes, then nothing will change. (That's why BLM supporters did what they did.)
I understand defeatist thinking, I've been a victim of it myself in the past, and it has never gotten me anywhere so I've abandoned it out of sheer logic. May I humbly suggest that you consider doing the same!
I mean wouldn't that have to be it. Either 1) we're on the site more than he is (that would be sad as horribly as the place treats us lately) or 2) he sees it and just doesn't give a care.
Lots of ~~~sensitive people~~~ on those juries too, I'll bet. This is starting to feel like reading about the Peekskill riots.
Or the Black Wall Street Riot. 
voice silenced for too long. Looking forward to your return, gifted.
