Since when did DU become a place to help spew from Freerepublic.com?

[William769]

There is a reason they are two different websites. If I wanted to know what they were saying I would go over there. I go here so I don't have to deal with that bullshit.

If (and we all know if is a very big word) DU is going to allow this in which quotes that are used that are hurtfull to a select group here on DU, Then Just maybe DU isn't fo me anymore.

[bowens43]

1. no one is forcing you to read anything......

[William769]

4. When it is in the headline they are!

[LostinVA]

30. I know the thread you're talking about, and I 100% agree

I alerted on it, actually.

[afrosia]

2. ???

What stuff? Can't we all rally together for a freerepublic/freeconservatives assault and spam them outta cyberspace or something?

[havocmom]

3. There are options. Don't click on those threads, hide threads, ignore

Is someone tying you up and forcing you to look at such threads/posts?

Didn't think so.

Some of us sorta like to keep up with what tracks the minds of the freepers are traveling on. Know one's enemy and all. (Else we miss the latest talking points and fail to debunk them)

There's plenty of topics I personally do not find helpful here, but I tolerate their existance as I know others find them interesting. Freedom, I believe it's called. :shrug:

[William769]

5. How do you do that when it is in General discussion

and in the headline?

[havocmom]

11. Open threads which offend you and click on HIDE THREAD

If just reading the subject lines is too much to deal with, perhaps politics is not your bag?

Do you really expect that one can go through one's day without something annoying, offending or bothering one? How would that work?

Just hide the threads that bother you. It is easy.

[LostinVA]

34. Do you know what he's talking about? I am, I saw it and alerted

on it. The word "Faggot" was used in the heading. NO ONE here should be made to read that, not in the way it was used, quoting FR. It's no different than seeing Cunt or Nigger or Spic or Kike. It wasn't quoting, say, Lott. It was quoting what some moran at FR said.

I agree with the OP. If I wanted to read that filth, I'd be at FR, not DU.

It was extremely offensive, and the mods agreed.

Not liking to have hate speech forced upon us here does NOT mean that politics aren't "our bag."

[havocmom]

45. If it was one word in one post, alerting was the better response

Posting a separate, and VERY general thread was not really productive, as the OP just mumbled about freeper stuff. Since a lot of posts here are about freeper stuff, that didn't really hit on the ONE WORD in ONE THREAD the OP was offended by. Thereby, confusion.

The confusion was due to error of omitting the specific info in the OP, not any particular fondness any of us responders have for obnoxious terms. But since there is a policy about starting new threads to grumble about other threads, perhaps that was the reason the OP didn't get specific about the root of their complaint? Leaving it general didn't give many of us much to go on but to figure the OP wanted NO posts about what was going on on FR.

Yes, that PARTICULAR term is offensive. Glad somebody alerted and mods deleted. Nobody here was defending the word. We were defending the concept that things from FR are OK to post as a way of sharing info as to what they are up to there. Since the OP did not get into specifics, and most of us aren't mind readers...

:shrug:

[LostinVA]

31. Yes, we WERE forced to see the thread -- it was in the title

The word "Faggot."

[havocmom]

48. Re-read OP, & notice there was no mention of one thread, one word

or mention of one particular offensive phrase in thread headline. Please consider some replies here are to what OP actually said before jumping down anyone's throat. We were not able to respond to what the OP was thinking or what OP may have assumed we all just knew.

The OP was not specific AT ALL about what the problem was. As it was left vague, many of us figured the OP was about any reference to things posted at FR, a fair assumption. Not all of us saw the ONE post the OP was offended by. Makes a big difference when the post was not concise about a specific offense.

Now, I think you left one of your shoes in my throat. Want it back?

[INdemo]

6. I am not happy about the Google ads because

of the adware that is downloaded into files (which I quickly delete when I close the browser) but the reason for all these quotes and ads even though its the opposite of our ideology its $ $ $ ..and money is the name of the game and I'm disappointed too. I'm wondering if each DUer would up their anti on the next fund raiser if that would eliminate this BS.perhaps its too late. The taste of money lingers

[havocmom]

12. There is a post (upper right on Latest page) you can get help from

Donating memebers can hide google ads. Isn't the admin here thoughtful?

[INdemo]

43. I couldn't find it

[havocmom]

46. Then, go to your preferences

the option to hide ads is there.

[INdemo]

47. Done.....Thank You

[Lib Grrrrl]

15. You're A Donor - You Can Hide The Google Ads!!

In Your Preferences section, there is an option for you to hide the Ads.

You don't have to look at them at all.

I hid them a long time ago. I don't want to see ads.

[titoresque]

7. Hey I'm a bull dyke.

Not really, (I think I'm pretty feminine) but I was called that the other day at a water park by a really nasty person. Anyhow........SO WHAT!
Get over it, move on.......there are a lot of things to be REALLY PISSED about. Save your energy for things that matter. You are taking that thread title out of context.

[William769]

10. You can be whatever you want I don't care.

I take DU as a safe haven from this bullshit.

What pisses you off may not piss me off & vise versa. Just saying.

[titoresque]

14. Good point!

So perhaps you should think about that a little. Because when DU becomes a place where no one is offended.....I'm outta here. At that point we may as well call ourselves Freepers. We are a unique bunch of people, and we are obviously independant thinkers. This is good a good thing.
When you're offended by something you are choosing to be so. It's your ego telling you that your self importance is under attack.
When in all actuality, that thread title had nothing to do with you or your feelings.

The least of our troubles right now......at least online is having to view words that don't sit well with us. Let's focus on reality. Reality needs your help.

[Lib Grrrrl]

16. See, That's The Beauty Of

the ignore buttons, and the hide buttons.

If someone is offending me and pissing me off, I tell them once. If they do it again, I simply BAN THEM FROM MY DU - I put them on ignore. Works every time.

Now I don't have to get offended anymore.

[LostinVA]

35. Bully for you

I'm a lesbian, and that would have greatly offended me, and is what we're fighting in this country -- basic civil rights. If you don't mind being talked to that way, that's your choice. It's not mine. THIS DOES MATTER.

That thread title wasn't taken out of context -- it upset alot of people, and rightly so.

God.

[titoresque]

44. It's all just black and white eh?

I'm a lesbian too. Don't presume to know what bothers me and what doesn't. I've been plenty bothered by certain things that I've been called. I've been plenty offended by the way my wife and I have been treated by society for the past 10 years of our relationship. And sometimes....I'm not. I just refuse to be offended. I have that choice, as do you, as does the OP. Theres also the ignore, and hide thread features here at DU..for the times when you just can't help feeling offended.

[Minnesota Libra]

8. What I can't figure out is why spend so much time on neocon quotes......

.....when we should be working on the Liberal/Democratic message so some of those now deserting neocons have something to latch on to?
:shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

Also, why do we flame each other just because someone doesn't "preach to the choir" at every turn??

:shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

It's obvious there are extremists and both ends of the political spectrum but why do we have to act so much like neocon/fundies with the above mentioned situations???? Someone please help me out here??

:wtf:

[adigal]

9. So don't click on the thread

You cannot stop people from sharing what they believe to be important lies, hatred, freeperville is spewing. I personally think that we ignore them at our peril. YOu don't. So don't click on the threads and than get upset and try to control other people.

[LostinVA]

36. You didn't HAVE to click on the thread -- it was in the TITLE

It was there on the GD page. You HAD to see it.

The mods agreed it, and locked it.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

13. Could you elaborate?

I don't know what you are talking about.

[Lib Grrrrl]

17. I Think He Means

when people post a topic that says something like this in Subject Line: "Freepers Say Be Very Afraid Of Gays and Messicans!"

He is apparently offended, because he sees that because it is in the subject line. He is also apparently offended when it is not in the subject line, but the topic quotes something from Free Republic to make a point about how vile and rotten those people are...and how they think.

Many of us here have suggested ways he can take care of the fact that he is offended, without restricting other people's rights to free speech, including placing the offending poster on Ignore, as well as clicking on the "hide thread" button.

We are trying to point out to him that there is no way that we can have a Forum as large as DU, where absolutely no-one gets offended. Hell, I get offended sometimes! I let the person know they offended me. If it continues, the offender gets ignored. It's really that simple.

Later on, after a few weeks, when things have calmed down, and moved on, usually, the offender is taken off my Ignore list - unless they REALLY got me hot...or they are a repeat offender.

Fact is, we are all here because we are passionate about politics. We are very emotionally involved. It's not possible to be that emotionally involved, and never get offended. It just doesn't work that way!

[MamaBear]

18. The offending word

The offending word was "faggot" as in "How much is that faggot in the window."

The OP was asked by several people, and asked nicely, to change that.

Would we tolerate a subject line with the word "nigger" in it? I hope not.

[havocmom]

20. The OP didn't sepcify one word of one post.

If that had been done, their post would have been more specific, to say nothing of less offensive to the many here who value free speech ;)

[MamaBear]

22. I know.

That's why I decided to clear up the confusion. It looks like the thread has been taken down by the Mods anyway.

I understand his sensitivity and his reluctance to say the word, though.

[Lib Grrrrl]

25. Quite Frankly

I am not gay, and I wouldn't even THINK of using the word "faggot." It's highly offensive, I have to agree.
If we saw the word "nigger" in a subject line, I would hope one of us would use the Alert button. Likely, a dozen or more of us would!

I'll tell you, what pisses ME off...most of us wouldn't even THINK of using the words "faggot" or "nigger" knowing them to be extremely hurtful. BUT, I am a transgender person, and I find the comments about "Man" coulter and "Tranny Annie" every bit as offensive and hurtful and mean. Yet hardly anyone stands up about that, when MY feelings are offended.

And many of us keep right on using those references which are extremely hurtful to transgender people like myself.

WHY does it seem perfectly okay to continue to offend US...but not okay to use the F or N words?

[MamaBear]

29. We can be a pretty thoughtless bunch of people sometimes.

Thanks for the reminder. And thanks for speaking up.

[LostinVA]

39. I agree with you on the Coulter references

I'm a lesbian, and they tick ME off... I can't imagine how they hurt you.

[LostinVA]

38. Bingo

[havocmom]

19. Great post. This IS a discussion board, after all. It's no echo chamber!

If I have days when the topics of too many discussions bother me, I go outside and read a book.

If it's a book I don't want the NSA to know I am studying, I do it inside or under a tree ;) The fact that I have to resort to that precaution is what REALLY offends me!

[LostinVA]

37. The title had

"Faggot" in a derogatory way, referencing an FR post

[Catherine Vincent]

21. I like to bring their quotes here every now and then.

It's good to know how those idiots behave.

[havocmom]

23. Indeed. How can we fight hate if we won't look at it?

That evil prevails when good people do nothing premise is a valid one. Can't address a problem without first seeing it.

[William769]

26. Ever hear of the song by Cyndi Lauper "True Colors"

See how easy it is to say something without comming right out and saying it?

[ourbluenation]

33. Hey - my cousins hubby wrote that song!

carry on...

[ContraBass Black]

24. "Since when did DU become..."

Posts about FR and posts decrying posts about FR are nothing new, so I would say "As long ago as I can remember."

[Norquist Nemesis]

27. Let me introduce you the the "ignore" feature...

I just overlook those threads most of the time. :shrug:

[LostinVA]

40. You can't when it's in the heading

Would YOU like to have to see "How Much is that Nigger/Spic/Kike in the window." No? THat's why we didn't like seeing "How much is that faggot in the window" as the HEADING. I don't read the FR threads because I refuse to see that filth. That's MY choice. I hide the threads. But you can't hide something when you click on GD and it's THERE.

[Norquist Nemesis]

41. Seems you missed the text below

I don't pay attention to them.

[LostinVA]

42. It's hard for me, personally, to miss and not be offended

When I see "How Much is that Faggot in the Window"?

[UTUSN]

28. So we're not supposed to monitor LIMBOsevic, O'LOOFAH, et al.

And we're supposed to bury our heads in the sand? I'd rather know, for to respond accordingly.

[earth mom]

32. I agree 100%

I can't help but wonder at the motivation to post any kind freeper link or even the thread today on Barbara Bitches birthday. :wtf: What's the point?! Who gives a shit?!


Not that I give a damn what freepers think, but I'm sure the freeps get their jollies seeing that shit over here-no doubt about it. :puke: