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  • Thursday, November 20, 2008 03:36 PM

    Sorry, 123.456.789.10 has been banned.

    Another great article from commondreams.org --- well worth a read.

    -- heru-ur

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    Thanks for the link, heru-ur, but alas! I'm one of many CommonDreams commenters who were unceremoniously and abruptly banned from the site the day after the election.

    Craig Brown and his staff could learn a lot from Glenn about tolerance and sensitivity in managing blog comments. Since the purge was conducted without notice or explanation, some few of us persona non grata who maintain independent contact can only conclude that the purge targeted commenters who were, and remain, insufficiently enthusiastic about Obama.

    I won't elaborate, since I know that netiquette frowns on using "good" comments sites to air grievances about other sites, but I hope Glenn will forgive me for calling attention to this deplorable instance of censorship. It's sad and irksome, and IMO deserve exposure.

    However, Scahill is on Democracy Now even as we speak.

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