Americans Support Israel Over Palestinians by more than 4:1

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73. Jury Results

FYI

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On Sat Mar 5, 2016, 01:43 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

Antebellum southerners probably supported slavery by the same margins or greater
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1134&pid=125637

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Zionism is not slavery; even the apartheid comparisons don't invoke slavery

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sat Mar 5, 2016, 02:10 PM, and the Jury voted 1-6 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I don't think the poster was saying it is equal to slavery.

I think s/he was saying people who benefit in some way from a system no matter how unjust might not see it clearly.

That's my best guess. I could be wrong. Why don't you try asking the poster for clarification instead of you know alerting on a DISCUSSION(!) board?

Seriously, everyone needs to stop alerting when they just don't like the content.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Seems like a valid comparison to me. What Israel does to Palestinians may not be slavery but that wasn't the point the poster was trying to make. Just because something is popular doesn't make it right.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I don't read this as *equating* Zionism with slavery. I think the poster is saying that both situations fall under the category of human rights violations and both are on the wrong side of history.

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