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[tularetom]

55. Obviously the site administrators are free to support any candidate they like, as are we all

The rest of us however, are not free to banish anybody we don't like, as are the administrators. And, as you can see from the posts in this very thread, a perception exists that that freedom has been used to get rid of those who are vocal critics of their favored candidates.

I don't know how widespread that perception is. But perception has a way of becoming reality if it is not faced up to and addressed.

Obviously most of us are aware just how far is too far. There are always those who enjoy testing the limits and they need to know the risk they take by doing so. But what this forum or any forum which purports to be small d democratic cannot afford is a substantial subset of its membership thinking that all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.