History of Feminism

And, while Omaha Steve did the mechanical locking, he specified it was by consensus of hosts.

A consensus of hosts have decided to lock this as META.

At that, I've been told that the hosts don't lock for disruptive meta without at least one alert. So, apparently, your thread got alerted on as disruptive meta, the hosts came to a consensus, agreeing with the alerter and OS got the task of putting the consensus into effect.

So, no reason whatever to single out OS, which could be interpreted as a call out.

Seems to me as though DU is not condoning disruptive meta, even if the topic is supposed to be names women are called.

I am not saying I agree or disagree with the lock. I am saying the description in your OP does not reflect what happened.

Also, I am getting tired of attacks on Omaha Steve, who has poignantly confessed to us, through his tears, that he is fighting Alzheimer's and perhaps also ALS at the same time.

BTW, this thread is also meta. Whether it becomes sufficiently disruptive meta to be locked in this group remains to be seen. However, if it does get locked, let's not pretend it got locked because it's DU's official policy to disrespect women, shall we?

I hasten to add that it may or may not be that DU does tolerate certain words--and I have wished that DU's general attitude toward women were not so "live and let live." I believe that words help shape thoughts and thoughts help shape conduct, for good or ill.. However, that has nothing to do with your thread having been locked as disruptive meta.



ETA: I just noticed that OS posted in June that he does NOT have ALS, but does have other issues in addition to Alzheimer's (for the latter, see the link within his post):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026772917