So long DU

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136. There is a group here that demand lockstep thought and chior duty.

And they're assholes about it more often than not. When Meta was open, they'd start threads to organize to get others' posts hidden, or better yet, get the poster banned. There were lists. A few of them still talk about their lists. It didn't stop when Meta closed.

Only one voice welcome, else you're a troll or a repug, or a racist or whatever else bullshit label they can come up with. For them it isn't about the substance of the topic it hand. It is about destroying every contrary view by destroying the thinking poster. They demand that you think as you are told, and speak as you are told - free thought, free expression will guarantee you a brutal attack. The stuff the blackest days in Western civilization were made of. They want their echo chamber, and they mean to get it.

If Skinner wants to save DU, he'll do something about that situation quickly.

All that to say I know exactly what you are talking about, and to say you shouldn't go, just take a break, like all long-term DUers do. Or stay and fight for the kind of board you want. Don't let a few whiny little loudmouth children run you off.