Reply #29: You are new in a forum, in a politically charged time like this, and drop

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

a BOMB on someone who, let's say, is a rather popular figure here...

Your motives and credibility are automatically suspect. But if you're going to take an unpopular position, you'd better be ready to debate your point, which, on this board, includes backing up with links the things you say.

If one of us went to a Republican haven such as, oh, say, fr.com, and posted a thread saying they wished George W. Bush would just resign in disgrace and go away, they could expect to be immediately banned, or at minimum to have 100 people jump down their throat.