@wry_bred: Ha! I got banned from there for saying that it would be fine if Jessica Cutler gets treated in her marriage the same as she did to her johns' wives. Oh, and for calling her a "bitch" for what she did to them.
@momof3wildkids: Mostly it boils down to refusing to fall into line with whatever they believe is the correct way to think and feel, as well as not sufficiently sucking up to a certain moderator.
@wry_bred: I did my very best to kill that phrase in the Jessica Cutler thread. I mean, if doing what she did to her johns' wives wasn't "girl on girl crime," then nothing was. What a screechy bunch of nasty hypocrites over there.
As I've said since my banning, that place has long become a caricature of feminism, and I'm not terribly sorry to have been forced off of there. It was a pointless time-waster, really.
I was banned for suggesting that oprah could have done a better job with the distribution of the free grilled chicken dinner coupons...
Thankfully, our wise and wonderful editor reinstated me on appeal.
The comment in question was labeled "trite" and "illiterate".
So much for writing stoned. And so much for mocking oprah. Truth be told, being banned from commenting on gawker reminded me how much I value this community.
These days I think a bit before I unleash my wit on the world.
@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: 'bumbershoot' is actually an American one, albeit archaic. And yep, 'bloody' is still in use. I hadn't realised it wasn't the US, actually.
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I was banned because I commented that Kathleen Sebelius' pic made it appear that she had a pickle up her ass. It really did. [jezebel.com]
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I personally think it is a website to drum up business for psychoanalysis.
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I'd be curious to see the other reasons why us sensible yet witty gawkers were banned?
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As I've said since my banning, that place has long become a caricature of feminism, and I'm not terribly sorry to have been forced off of there. It was a pointless time-waster, really.
06/04/09
I was banned for suggesting that oprah could have done a better job with the distribution of the free grilled chicken dinner coupons...
Thankfully, our wise and wonderful editor reinstated me on appeal.
The comment in question was labeled "trite" and "illiterate".
So much for writing stoned. And so much for mocking oprah. Truth be told, being banned from commenting on gawker reminded me how much I value this community.
These days I think a bit before I unleash my wit on the world.
06/04/09
I got reinstated through Gawker, but rarely comment anymore over there. Too many rules, too many rulers, too much hypocracy.
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Brilliant, bloody brilliant. (Do they still say bloody?) More.
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Ali G?
02/17/09
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang seems to have given it new life in the legally united States.
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Translation: "Yes he is ugly, don't you agree my friend?"