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Alaska's had a belly full of "conservative" speak and mob rule in our capital. No conservative speak thank you. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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The very thought of restricting speech because someone else finds it offensive violates the concepts of free-speech. The only posts that should be restricted are those posts that directly threaten the safety and well-being of others. Attempting to arbitrate or to limit and restrict the content of posts ventures into... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In my opinion:
A passes the civility test;
B is marginal, but I'd probably let it pass;
C probably fails;
D fails;
E fails. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
That people can post without using their real names is a step in the right direction. Many conservatives don't want to be vilified, beseiged, and belittled in this space, and want to keep their Facebook account for family and friends; they've stopped engaging in the ADN platform, which has fallen to the lowest common d... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
When does this start | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
When does this start? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nothing against mixing cultures, but it doesn't take a genius to realize naming a drink Plantation Press in a historically black neighborhood is pretty fucked up. #duh | 0.666667 | 0.030303 | 0.606061 | 0 | 0.424242 | 0.409091 | 0 |
It is the truth, and well-stated. Thank you. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
"Few people would give an opponent that they disagree with vehemently a good rating."
That is also why the comments that you review are often from other, unrelated articles on the site, so that the rater is more likely to be distant from the topic of the comment. I think this is one of the strengths of Civil Comments. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Do you really, really believe we haven't been vetting visitors/residents from those countries?
Homeland Security isn't the name of a lock company. Any person from those countries has been more inspected than a serial killer. Plus, the FBI has an enormous budget to cover those people. As does the even bigger Defense In... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It appears that you have the ability to edit your post for 6 minutes after it is posted. The system also gives you one more chance to revise your comment after you review the two other posts. I would suspect that this "cooldown" time results in more deliberate and thoughtful posts. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I just want to take this one last chance to slander everyone reading this post. For starters, you all can [REMAINDER OF COMMENT DELETED] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hilyard and 14th? Are you kidding? If the cops were to give tickets for all the pedestrian and bike violations in the campus area, they would have to call in the national guard from three States for help. Driving through heedless pedestrians moving at variable speeds in all directions and two-way bike lane traffic and ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
If this wasn't so flimsy and poorly written, it would be downright hilarious! I love it when critics (who likely don't make it) talk about art. SURELY Bruce has no business writing about those things that he does not experience directly on a daily basis. Are you kidding me? That's what ART is! When novelists write... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
But WW is not shaping an image or narrative about the paper that tells some kind of one-sided story about the First Nation. She was talking about a Winston Churchill brunch. Look him up, he was hideously racist towards the Indian people and mocked them as they died of starvation by the millions. | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 |
So is Safe Space™ the new bogeyman for people afraid of civility? It's come up often enough in this conversation that it obviously means something to many of you but I'm just not getting the reference. Is there a specific threat that's being referenced here, or do people just not like to be judged by their interactio... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Government has the power to censor. Alaska Dispatch News is not government. When it takes steps to control content in their paper or website, it's are not "censoring" or "restricting speech": it's not obligated by law to provide any of us with a platform for our views.
That said, I don't see ADN trying to control agai... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Finally!
Can't wait to share information gleaned from documents released through public records requests.
Here's hoping that AK Dispatch and other commenters won't fall into the group-think/junior-high mentality of blacklisting folks 'cause comments/opinions are unpopular. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thanks for the video, good mini-refresher course. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
If she were "one of the most liberal people you could meet" she would instantly understand that glorifying colonialism is offensive and drop it from the business name and branding story. Stop making excuses and listen to the community / your potential customers. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Now I see it, but 6 minutes? I guess that answers my question. Sometimes I don't realize my need to edit for hours. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As a pedestrian, I frequently have the same experience you do but in reverse. I frequently find cars turning into crosswalks and not even looking where they're going let alone the lane they're turning into. I've actually been hit by a car turning at less than 15mph (which saved me from injury) which goes to show you ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thanks ADN for trying this venue. This should be interesting to see how it works out. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I really, really, believe that Homeland Security cannot vet the number of proposed refugees that the Obama administration is talking about in the time available.
In 2015, one month prior the San Bernadino debacle a HS spokesman said: "the U.S. refuge application process takes 18-24 months. He said the U.S. vetting... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
We're now up to 26 Governors. How is Homeland Security going to vet "A total of 1,854 Syrian refugees have come to the United States since September. The Obama administration reportedly plans to allow 100,000 refugees to resettle in America. Less than 24 hours after the ISIS terror attacks in Paris, Hillary Clinton ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Were you there? There's one photo that shows 3 white people, but the protest was about half people of color. Various ethnicities, various continents of origin, most of which have been impacted by colonialism. If your eyes haven't been opened yet as to the devastation caused by colonialism, please don't try to speak for... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Interesting approach, I'm willing to give it a try.
But, I am a little suspicious of just about any "progressive" ideas that come out of those PC bastions of Eugene and Portland. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
She isn't glorifying colonialism. She is simply using a term (colonial cuisine is a real thing) to properly identify the kind of food she serves. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WW certainly isn't doing anything to help the First Nation either. A white run, white catering newspaper that appropriates a name that was given to land by native peoples, which was then taken from them while their conquerors continued to use their sacred name, can be deemed offensive to many. You can't have it both ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Good job guys, it's working! You're really putting a dent in her income now. Eventually she'll close up shop and move away, and we can rejoice in the fact that we have maintained ideological purity of our restaurant scene! | 0.166667 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0.166667 |
My favorite... gone but not forgotten. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First, I would suggest that comparing "safe spaces" to the "bogeyman" is misleading: The "Safe spaces" movement really exists, while "bogeymen" by definition do not.
Second, I think the "specific threat" being referred to is the way the "Safe Spaces" paradigm has in recent years been instituted among Humanities depar... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I don't want a business with a name and theme that are offensive to people of color and people who can recognize the devastation that colonialism brought with it in my community. I thought about it as I wrote it and as I posted it. I'm not fire-bombing it -- I'm protesting it and speaking publicly about it. What is you... | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 |
I agree, timely notifications are important to keep the conversation going. We do plan on adding notifications within the commenting web app, including little alert indicators on the page when there's new activity. Hopefully, soon! For now, we're sending those notifications via email. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No different than what all these bored "activists" are doing by trying to shut her business down....i.e. trying to prove to themselves that they aren't the least bit racist because they pretend to care about this. If they care so much about this particular topic, why haven't they been protesting the Conquistador on Be... | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0 |
Whats really problematic (or not, I cant decide as I think this whole incident is like watching the saddest Politically Correct train wreck in history) is white liberals appropriating the ills of other indigenous cultures to beat other white liberals over the head with it to satisfy some sort of sick... auto, lingual, ... | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Mike: That was unexpected and we're working on getting those back. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
And another 1500 soldiers from Ft Hood are deploying to Afghanistan which we were supposed to be leaving this year. "The soldiers were also expected to switch out with a number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and aren't likely to change the overall American military presence in the country of about 9,800 service member... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Please tell me you are joking Lizzy....or maybe have had a few too many Irish Car Bombs?
You might want to go back and read your original article. The ONLY outside source you reference is Eater...nothing about people on twitter. | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
"Also, colonialism in US was mainly economic exploitation by British . . . " Um, what? Theft of land and genocide is "mainly" economic"? If these protesters were honest, anything that glorified "manifest destiny" would be under attack: no more cowboys, "western" themed bars and restaurants, an endless of things that th... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
My friend was injured there. Please go donate to the victims of the attack. https://www.gofundme.com/bkvnqrh8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
My friend was injured there. Please go donate to the victims of the attack. https://www.gofundme.com/bkvnqrh8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Here's an article about how Seattle's bike-share program is failing. It was reported yesterday that, “Seattle transportation director Scott Kubly is under a city ethics investigation... (because) ...the city paid Pronto (bike-share program) $305,000 over the winter, without notifying the council first, to help the mo... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I suppose my confusion came from doing a quick web search to find out what was meant by "safe space." The first thing that came up was a Wikipedia article that says;
"In educational institutions, safe-space (or safe space), safer-space, and positive space are terms used to indicate that a teacher, educational instit... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
Another interesting issue here is: When should people stop driving? My dad drove until he died at age 89, but at about 82, I didn't want to ride on the SoCal freeway with him. The numbers are confusing. Teenagers seem to have more accidents and fatalities than the 85+ crowd by any measure. 85+ and folks in their 20s se... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
And the beer-making "waste" water returns to the earth near its source. 325 gallons PER MINUTE is what Nestle will use, and not return. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Glad to hear there were no injuries. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Riding a bicycle is not a viable option for the elderly. They often have very poor balance. And falls account for many deaths and major injuries in old people.
Even simple walking is commonly a problem for people in their 80's and 90's. So using a bus is often a problem too, as they cannot walk a lot to and from... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
If you can't have a little knuckle-dragging, name-calling, and fist fighting in the comments sections, then how are we going to get the lipstick on the pig! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Motley: It seems these guys (and they're usually males) engage in a game of "chicken". The will ignore traffic and pedestrian laws and dare drivers to not stop and collide with them. If drivers in Eugene didn't make hundreds of accomodations for bike riders and pedestrians who are breaking the traffic, bike and pede... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It was epic my 29th Bruce show he's still the man and E Street is like no other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You're right in one way. In my original piece I didn't link to any tweets from people angry about the name, because it seemed so obvious to me what the issue was and mainly I was talking about the Eater post. However, we were definitely not the first people to note the problems with the name. Here are some tweets from ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It was epic my 29th Bruce show he's still the man and E Street is like no other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
David/Scott?
Any way to shrink the Replies so only initial comments show up on the screen? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
You don't need to check all of the boxes (able bodied, little kids, and employment an easy bike trek away) to have a problem with the no car plan. Any one of these can be problematic.
FWIW I pretty much only ride Tri-Met. I have a 15 yo car with only 80 k miles on it, which I use to visit family in Southern Oregon. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hang in there Betty! I admire your drive and energy. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thanks to the Sitka HS boy's basketball team and coaches who are in Anchorage for stopping when they saw the flames and banging on doors and windows to alert residents. WTG guys!! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
"Rockaway Beach" is a fairly common place name. Quick search on the interwebs and I found at least 9 places with that name in the US alone. That being said, I'm pretty sure the Ramones song references Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
And also:
"But Gandhi was also a puritan and a misogynist who helped ensure that India remains one of the most sexually repressed nations on earth – and, by and large, a dreadful place to be born female. George Orwell, in his 1949 essay Reflections on Gandhi, said that "saints should always be judged guilty until they... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 |
Your comments here make no sense at all. Many people in their 80's and 90's have significant mobility problems, and struggle with just simple walking. Many also suffer from balance problems too. Falls are a significant cause of death and serious injury to the elderly.
Using the Bus often means walking a couple... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
It's amusing that the media, ADN included, insist there is no comma in the First Amendment separating two ideas; "abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press." So the media insist the press has the rights to unrestricted free speech. Yet, the press is finding it convenient to begin pract... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As far as I know, no. Collapsible discussion threading isn't a feature right now. Civil's christa_m may be able to comment further. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It must be mortifying for journalists to read some of the comments to their stories and opinion pieces. That said, I have often found the uncivil comments amusing. Interesting that some comments by some of our politicians now routinely reach into the realm of wilful or unknowing ignorance and, by virtue of their author... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In the attic so probably electrical. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Or so that you only see comments you have not already seen? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
Right. The controversy is not over the principle of civility. It is over the way that principle has often been *implemented* to in fact stifle opposing viewpoints.
WRT your second paragraph, perhaps I can best illustrate it this way:
AMY: I propose a constitutional amendment: "Everyone must be nice to one another."
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But will those of us who mostly prefer to read comments without posting still derive the same level of hilarity from the new platform? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thank you! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Perhaps the editor can explain the 'missing' comments from recent columns? Good luck; the draw of many of the articles is the comment section. It is a community, and like all families, sometimes we don't always agree, but that is ok. It is what is needed. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
hi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FootballOutsiders.com has a good system for this. If you're logged in, and read a comments section, then leave and return to it later, the new comments are highlighted in yellow. So you don't have to tediously wade through all the comments you already looked at. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Looks like the cry babies & self-appointed moderaters finally got their way. The ability to sensor things they don't like. ADN doesn't want to censor opinions so they're going to have the readers do it. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oregongal 2 IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS that you have plenty of OPINION base in MASS IGNORANCE of the Constitution and REAL "law",
vs. a bunch of corporate federal "public policies" (Acts, Statutes, and Codes) that today PASSES for "law".
Go spend a month really studying the ORIGINAL US Constitution of 1787 (not the 1871 re-t... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I remember the old ‘board’ the ADN use to have, that went to Disqus because it got to rowdy, then to Facebook because Disqus got to rowdy. Kind of wonder how long this one will last. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It's easy to edit one's comment in FB. It is quite difficult to edit a comment in this environment. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aaand I've already been flagged.
I posted this comment, which was just meant as a little joke:
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I just want to take this one last chance to slander everyone reading this post. For starters, you all can [REMAINDER OF COMMENT DELETED]
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Now, that comment may not have been everyone's cup of tea. But *unc... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
David- Is there a system of checks & balances to detect people who are simply flagging opinions they don't like? For example, using multiple accounts & targeting political comments. This is a big issue on Twitter. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ms.amylou: Yeah, the missing comments on older stories was an unintentional snafu and we are working to get that fixed. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It's 8 (eight) blocks to the bus stop for me. If it's good enough for me at 71 it's good enough for her at 90. She demands that LTD and bicycles have priority in Lane county; now let her use them if she can.
Based on my own personal observations, the 'disabled parking' spots are there primarily so that the morbidl... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Would you mind copy-pasting the notice you got here? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Assuming much? The campaign is mostly organized by people of color. It's interesting to note that you assume POC would need help from white people to organize even a protest (although sure, we appreciate support that comes in any color). Don't live in a white bubble all the time, get out and see for a bit how it looks ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Did anyone asked him why he thinks he is above the law? Showing up at polling places trying to get people to vote for his wife? He has been breaking the law and has to pay for it. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Or over $1000 per animal, that's more than on a homeless person | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Special consideration for Betty Taylor is telling. She often can't see during city council meetings because her eyes are closed. She often nods and seems to be sleeping. Maybe she nodded off while attempting to drive.
Maybe Oregon should require drivers of all ages to take a driving test every few years. My 83 yea... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How did you miss the part about missing narcotics? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I didn't get a notice; not yet, anyway. I clicked the button that says "ACTIVITY >" up by the commenting field. The comment in question includes this line:
"This comment was rated below the civility threshold for publication." | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
If you care about Conquistador why don't you go and protest? I find it amusing that you want to dictate whom to protest when you have no skin in the game. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Actually, on a per mile basis drivers in their eighties are slightly more deadly than teenagers and significantly more deadly than all other (younger) age groups. Part of this is the fact that they are more likely to die in the wrecks they cause and very few studies tease out quality numbers on that point.
A real prob... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sorry but THAT is an over simplistic statement of obvious ignorance!!! Please see my reply to Oregongal 2
To understand HOW you ended up this ignorant (that does NOT mean stupid) please see:
"The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America" by Charlotte Iserbyt (pub.1995) available on Amazon and several great interviews wit... | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Little by little my past is dying. I like this guy, especially his voice. RIP We used to joke and call him garage door. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don't exaggerate. Nobody's asking her to shut shop, only change the offensive names.
Ideological purity? We're asking for basic sensitivity here. | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
your an idiot | 0.959184 | 0.040816 | 0.285714 | 0 | 0.938776 | 0 | 0 |
It's a little late for that, isn't it? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
It's like the old joke.
"I want to go quietly in my sleep like my dad did; not screaming in terror like his passengers."
My Allstate Drivewise toy that keeps track of such things on my vehicles and lowers my insurance rates is based precisely on the variables you have mentioned. Miles, speed, time of day, and heavy... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seattle has a mandatory helmet law for all ages, just like the only other place to have a failed bike share (out of hundreds around the globe), Australia. These silly laws cause failure on two counts: they force customers to find a way to get a helmet and they imply that cycling is dangerous.
For what it's worth, moto... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brady, there's much more to this, but the short answer is yes. The designers began their project with the ganging-up problem in mind. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seems fine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I gave you a like because I like humor and it was a funny and entirely civil post imo. Hopefully that will counter the flaggers. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
There are only 10 states in the United States where this would be considered to be a crime. Oregon should learn what the other 40 states have already learned: that an 18 yr old age of consent causes too many problems. Oregon is hanging on to an archaic standard.
Just take a look at this map:
http://i.imgur.com/... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
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