Confessions of a recovering Libertarian: How I escaped a world of Ron Paul hero worship

[jollyreaper2112]

74. here's the thing

If all you want are people who support the party line, do not question how it was formed, do not question the leaders, just applaud on cue, then what you have are dittoheads, just with a blue hue.

There's a difference between debating the issues and crapping in the sandbox. The only reason to exclude the extremes is because they'll just ruin the debate.

I get that there are people who will put on the front of a civil debate and just want to troll instead. I get wanting to exclude them to reduce the noise to signal ratio. If you run too loose, it's a sea of chaos. If you run it too tight, it's all orderly bobbleheads nodding in tune.

I'll say it again, someone who will censor a bad idea rather than debate it grinds my gears more than the bad idea. It's a tool too easily abused. That it is sometimes necessary does not make it any more desirable to do.