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Zorra (15,407 posts) <---- Big Ghey Zorra Mole This jury decision validates the perception of many women here regarding institutionalized misogyny.Last edited Sat May 12, 2012, 11:45 PM USA/ET - Edit history (3)In this post, which was not hidden by the jury, I have replaced one word with another word. Why should the finder share? The other woman tossed out the ticket, threw it away, which means she lost all claim to it. It's not the finder's fault that the tosser didn't check the ticket to make sure of the number, it was the tosser's responsibilty to do it. She didn't do it, she threw it out, so she gave up claim to it. Selfish greedy ******. ******! Shocking, isn't it? A horrible, disgusting racist slur, totally inappropriate for DU, wouldn't you agree? So, here is the original post, as it was posted: Why should the finder share? The other woman tossed out the ticket, threw it away, which means she lost all claim to it. It's not the finder's fault that the tosser didn't check the ticket to make sure of the number, it was the tosser's responsibilty to do it. She didn't do it, she threw it out, so she gave up claim to it. Selfish greedy bitch. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=678519 3 members of the jury believe that it is perfectly acceptable to refer to a woman as a bitch. One of them found it so acceptable that they even used the very dismissive sarcastic comment "Groan". This is extremely disturbing. If this was freerepublic, I would expect it. But this is Democratic Underground, a forum whose membership includes some of the most enlightened and evolved progressives in the entire world. Now I ask you all, why is it OK to use the the sexist slur "bitch" as a negative descriptor for a a woman, but not OK to use the negative descriptor "******" for a black person? I'll tell you why, in plain English. It is because misogyny is so deeply rooted in our culture, so institutionalized, so acceptable within the collective consciousness of this culture, that many people can't even understand when they are being misogynists. Or, accepting of misogyny. It is not my purpose to call anyone out here, I completely understand how deeply rooted the erroneous perception, the perception that women are inferior to men, is in this judeo-christian influenced culture. I believe it is high time we honestly faced this , and subsequently eradicate this bullshit once and for all. This issue needs to be resolved, and this post, and this jury decision, has afforded the perfect example, and opportunity, to get it through some people's heads that they are indeed sexist, and they don't even realize it. All People Are Created Equal Members Of One Human Family!At Sat May 12, 2012, 10:42 AM an alert was sent on the following post: Why should the finder share? http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=678519 REASON FOR ALERT: This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards[/url].) ALERTER'S COMMENTS: It's "bitch" season again at DU. Any woman whom we find odious is to be awarded this special appellation, which can only be used against women. It is an earned title, much the way I do not call all African Americans "******" - I only call the ones who deserve it that. You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sat May 12, 2012, 11:01 AM, and the Jury voted 3-3 to LEAVE IT. Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT and said: Last sentence is not neccesary. Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Groan ... Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT and said: I agree with the alerter. The word is not appropriate when used as a negative descriptor for a woman. - Zorra Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT and said: hide Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future. ------ Preemptively, it is very clear that my use of the "n word" at the beginning of this post, in this context, should not be considered as having any racist intent, if anyone desires to set up a very disingenuous strawman argument. My intentions in drawing this parallel should be very obvious to any rational person: racism and sexism are equally abhorrent, and this these characteristics/conditions need to be acknowledged, recognized, and eliminated from our society to the greatest possible extent. Zero tolerance for (in alphabetical order) institutionalized homophobia, racism, and sexism. No quarter.
It's "bitch" season again at DU. Any woman whom we find odious is to be awarded this special appellation, which can only be used against women. It is an earned title, much the way I do not call all African Americans "******" - I only call the ones who deserve it that.
The DU Jury System - the gift that keeps on giving.
Sheer genius, devising a system with an even number of jurors. Assuming $kinner is frank's mole, that is, otherwise it was stupid as all Hell.
Zorra (15,407 posts) This jury decision validates the perception of many women here regarding institutionalized misogyny......3 members of the jury believe that it is perfectly acceptable to refer to a woman as a bitch. One of them found it so acceptable that they even used the very dismissive sarcastic comment "Groan". This is extremely disturbing. If this was freerepublic, I would expect it. But this is Democratic Underground, a forum whose membership includes some of the most enlightened and evolved progressives in the entire world.
