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Banned by the Guardian ..

Piliger · 2014-01-23 16:42:33

Well after a few years and a few 'pre-modded' periods, I have finally been banned by the Guardian for voicing my objections in the comments below the daily onslaught of hate articles against men. They didn't even have the common courtesy to contact me and till me I was banned and why, until I wrote and asked why every…

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Well after a few years and a few 'pre-modded' periods, I have finally been banned by the Guardian for voicing my objections in the comments below the daily onslaught of hate articles against men.

They didn't even have the common courtesy to contact me and till me I was banned and why, until I wrote and asked why every thread was closed to me. They have now emailed me accusing me of sexism(hilarious) and abusive commenting. I have never ever posted such a comment there.

This gutter newspaper is an embarrassment to the principles of the news media.

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#2 23-01-2014 4:46pm

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Can you link some examples of their hate articles against men?

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#3 23-01-2014 4:50pm

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Tabnabs wrote: »

Can you link some examples of their hate articles against men?

No Need. Just read it on a daily basis.

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#4 23-01-2014 4:51pm

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So that's a no?

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#5 23-01-2014 4:55pm

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Yawn

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#6 23-01-2014 5:05pm

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Tabnabs wrote: »

So that's a no?

That's a 'go look yourself'.

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