{"id":1729,"date":"2009-05-05T08:35:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T11:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2009-05-05T01:07:23","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T04:07:23","slug":"ysac-vol-292","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/?p=1729","title":{"rendered":"YSaC, Vol. 292: It doesn’t stop everyone else!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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$250 i need a room (agri center)<\/h2>\n
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seeking a room around $250\/month near Agricenter. i guess i wouldn’t want to say more than that or, craigslist informs, one will be legally persecuted, lose their job, and be fined 10,000 dollars. yet, maybe i am doomed by saying that i am “seeking” a room, or that it is “$250”, or that it is “near Agricenter”. i can but pray that the FBI doesn’t pick up on this one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nHere’s craigslist’s policy on discriminatory preference in a housing post — this is what you see when you begin to create a housing wanted or housing available posting:<\/p>\n

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Stating a discriminatory preference in a housing post is illegal, is prohibited on craigslist, and can be expensive:<\/p>\n

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  • you can be fined more than $10,000<\/strong> for each discriminatory ad, plus damages in court, plus loss of license if you are a professional<\/li>\n
  • avoid phrases which could be interpreted as discriminating by race\/color\/origin (e.g. ‘hispanic area<\/strong>‘), religion (e.g. ‘christian home<\/strong>‘), age \/ familial status (e.g. ‘no kids<\/strong>‘), disability, or sexual orientation<\/li>\n
  • the words you choose can cost you – get the facts and avoid being prosecuted under fair housing law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    This one makes me wonder if “seeking a room” is a euphemism for “I won’t live with minorities or homosexuals” and “near Agricenter” means “I’ll only live in a white neighborhood”. The fact that he has to bring up the policy says to me that he does have some preferences but doesn’t feel as though he can list them for fear of being ‘persecuted’.<\/p>\n

    Otherwise, it just seems like this guy is either a smartass or a little too paranoid.<\/p>\n

    Thanks, Lesley!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    $250 i need a room (agri center) seeking a room around $250\/month near Agricenter. i guess i wouldn’t want to say more than that or, craigslist informs, one will be legally persecuted, lose their job, and be fined 10,000 dollars. yet, maybe i am doomed by saying that i am “seeking” a room, or that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[47,11],"class_list":["post-1729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rentals","tag-euphemisms","tag-wtf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1729"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1959,"href":"https:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions\/1959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yousuckatcraigslist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}