Re: Censorship
I’m pretty much apolitical and against censorship; however, I’m with the moderators on this one. Here’s my rationale:
1) The owners/administrators/moderators of .org decided a while ago to drop politics from the forum for whatever reason. So, whether we agree or not, .org is dedicated to Crossfire discussions only, less politics. PERIOD. There are plenty of other forums out there to discuss GOP vs Dems, birth control, religion, gay marriage, etc… just not this one. That’s part of the deal.
2) The MB/Chrysler thread quickly skidded off the runway toward political issues, despite a post by one of the moderators to stay on course.
3) IIRC, some of the deleted posts were clearly political, if not inflammatory. (Note: I’m going from memory here, so feel free to flame me if that makes you feel better. I surf through a lot of forums and don’t memorize the posts verbatim).
4) Accordingly, we should all have been surprised if the admin/moderators did not delete the political posts in question. They were just doing their job per the forum policy.
I have no horse in this race, just weighing in with my $.02 .