Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Friday, May 23, 2025

Rut roh!! Disqus is posting disgusting, revolting, insulting ads on my blog

 I got a shock when I fired up my blog a few minutes ago. Disqus started butting offensive, filthy, disgusting ads at the top of the comments section. The ads are heavy on childish sex and women's breasts. Here's some of the insulting stupidity and moral filth that Disqus put out on my blog:

Breaking news!!!!!! Melana (not Melania) shows
her huge boobs, and so does Sarah P.

I asked about this deep insult from AI, but not Pxy:
Q: How do I stop Disqus from showing ads on my blog?

A: To remove ads from Disqus on your blog, you'll need to upgrade to an ad-free subscription plan. The Basic version of Disqus is ad-supported, and ads are automatically placed on the comment section. You can manage which ad types appear through your Disqus settings, but to completely remove ads, a paid, ad-free plan is necessary.
I posted a sharp query about this at Discuss Disqus. The Disqus bot refused to post it and deleted it. In essence, Disqus told me to fuck off. Disqus said I violated their content guidelines. I checked their guidelines carefully. I violated none of them. 

This blog is hosted by Google under its "Blogger" platform.

Q: Does the Blogger comment platform allow anyone to comment?

A: Blogger's comment platform offers flexible settings that allow blog owners to control who can comment. By default, Blogger permits Anyone to comment, including anonymous users and those using a name/URL without an account.


Q1-2: Is it time for Dissident Politics to remove Disqus comments from my blog and return to Google's original Blogger comment platform where everyone could comment without any restriction? Or should I move to a substack, a Patreon site or some other more resilient, dissident-friendly form of online dissent reasoning and content?**

** For context: The NYT stopped posting most of my comments to NYT articles. I think that started about about two years ago. Recently, they stopped posting all of them. I am banned even at the allegedly open to criticism NYT. Right now, I am banned just about everywhere I still have access to. 

Q3: I take this as more evidence of freedom and free-thinking about hate of djt and cynical, corrupt, authoritarian MAGA and Republican Party politics and lies, but is that nuts, insane, delusional or crackpot? After all both sides do it, so both sides are the same, right?

Q4: Is Germaine about the last of a long line of old-fashioned, pro-democracy, pro-civil liberties and pro-inconvenient fact, truth and sound reasoning dinosaurs? Has my time and ideology have come and gone, assuming they ever existed (which they may never have)?

Q5: Does Germaine over-react to business as usual for most Americans, most of the time, about most things, including their own take-it or leave-it democracy? (after all, showing big boobs is very interesting but big deal, right?)

Another screen shot, proving
this garbage is on my blog
(note upper right)

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