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[MineralMan]

49. Why should the site administrators not take a position

on the candidates they support? I'm not getting that. From what I've seen, they're very reasonable in their posts, even if they're stating a preference. I'm sure everyone on DU has a preference. The vast majority of DUers seem to have no problem at all stating their preferences without getting their posts locked or getting PPRed.

Any poster who consistently posts in a way that gets threads hidden is a candidate for getting PPRed. Conversely, DUers who don't do that seem to do just fine on DU. We have supporters of every Democratic primary candidate and even of some who aren't planning to run. Avatars for them are available to DUers who want to use them.

There are some limits about how far you can go in stating your dislike of a particular candidate, of course. Going too far with that is likely to have consequences. Avoiding that is easy and simple. Just don't use vile language about candidates and don't insult other DUers about their choices.

Even if you do those things, you probably won't get banned, as is clear to anyone who reads DU a lot. However, if you do, you certainly risk getting tossed without notice. Why take a chance with that. There are plenty of ways to criticize a candidate or DUer without violating any rules.