ALERTER'S COMMENTS



Safe haven groups should not be abused to post outright smears of a candidate in a place where they can not be challenged. This post is an outright smear, the quote it is centered around is taken so far out of context that it gives it a completely different meaning.



The full quote from Bernie is "The African American community is very proud that this country has overcome racism and voted for him for President". Viewed in its full context it is clear that Sanders was referring to overcoming racism in a single event and that is the election of Obama. The headline leaves the impression that Sanders said this country has overcome racism in general which is clearly not what he meant.



This attempt to smear a candidate with an out of context quote should not be allowed on DU, especially not in a safe haven where people don't feel like they can respond to correct the record.



You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Jul 8, 2015, 07:21 PM, and the Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.



Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE

Explanation: No explanation given

Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE

Explanation: The alerter makes a good case, but that full quote is included twice in the article.

Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT

Explanation: No explanation given

Juror / #4 voted to HIDE IT

Explanation: I'm generally in agreement with the poster on most things, but in this case I have to agree with the alert - the post is disruptive, distorts the quote deliberately, and misrepresents the candidate; those are tactics more appropriate on RW boards.

Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE

Explanation: No explanation given

Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT

Explanation: No explanation given

Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE

Explanation: Not an Alert, it's arguing, so Post in the thread not Alert.