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boston bean

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13. The off topic is a generic message that gets posted when a lock occurs.

Mon Jul 20, 2015, 07:54 AM

Jul 2015

Your post was locked for being meta.

Which is complete and utter bullshit, because your post wasn't complaining about DU, Host, Host decisions, Jury decisions.

It was a cut and paste of two very good articles.

So, yeah, it was a sucky and really biased lock.

What I've come to notice around here is that the discussion of defense of bigoted words being used on DU get a hell of a lot more leeway than a post that derides the usage.

When someone is defending the use of the bigoted terms, I'll tell you it makes DU suck for me. And they are complaining that about others on DU who find it unacceptable.

But when you got nothing in the TOS that prohibits this, you are gonna get a lot of people who think it's ok to do.

Not many people here give a shit, that this place looks like a misogynist pit when it continues to happen. And people, women specifically are the ones who are made to feel especially uncomfortable.

So, no, your thread should not have been locked. There was not reason for it. It was completely based in your support for Hillary and for that it was deemed to be META.

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The use of 'whore' to describe women on DU is now almost officially condoned [View all] wyldwolf Jul 2015 OP

I made coffee. Wilms Jul 2015 #1

Don't forget "Nazi". DetlefK Jul 2015 #2

Since it is accepted for women, we need to be SURE to use it at every opportunity patricia92243 Jul 2015 #3

The lock to which you linked us was not for OT but for disruptive meta, which is forbidden in GD. merrily Jul 2015 #4

Let's see if the original poster understands TexasProgresive Jul 2015 #5

Get what, it was a post full of deflections and little substance. boston bean Jul 2015 #8

I noticed that the post in questions was not META. boston bean Jul 2015 #7

Regardles, of your opinion (or mine) about that thread, the consensus of the GD hosts and, merrily Jul 2015 #9

You don't get to decide anyting in this group. boston bean Jul 2015 #10

GD hosts have expicitly taken a side in the argument--they refuse to lock geek tragedy Jul 2015 #19

And in doing so, have quite accurately illustrated your sincerity. LanternWaste Jul 2015 #20

Nonsense. DURHAM D Jul 2015 #11

The lock clearly states it's 'off topic.' wyldwolf Jul 2015 #12

The off topic is a generic message that gets posted when a lock occurs. boston bean Jul 2015 #13

I asked in ATA if they felt the post should be unlocked, and if so boston bean Jul 2015 #6

What to hear about a great example of irony? ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #14

"You can call a women of political power a whore"? BobSmith4152 Jul 2015 #17

LoL ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #18

I wouldn't have added the word "almost" to the OP. nt sufrommich Jul 2015 #15

It's a gender-specific thumb-in-your-eye phrase LanternWaste Jul 2015 #16

CORPORATE WHORE Skittles Jul 2015 #21

Jury results mentalsolstice Jul 2015 #22

unaware I was in a group Skittles Jul 2015 #23

So the fuck what. ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #25

I DID NO SUCH THING Skittles Jul 2015 #27

Good. ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #28

The arc of the universe bends towards justice geek tragedy Jul 2015 #24

It was this poster huh. Iliyah Jul 2015 #26

so essentially my response post was locked for 'calling out' a troll. wyldwolf Jul 2015 #29

at least it wasn't hidden. geek tragedy Jul 2015 #30