Just for clarification: The first amendment doesn't apply to this site, because it is a privately operated business. The first amendment protects us from undue government interference in certain protected speech, including political speech. The speech involved in the thread is certainly political, but because deleting the thread would not be a government action, the first amendment would not apply. Today's civics lesson.

But I see what everyone's saying about censorship. Conversely, this is a "moderated" board and name calling posts get deleted.

My concern had nothing to do with the issues that were being posted about. My concern related strictly to the name calling and ad hominem attacks that were simultaneously going on, and which seemed to get stirred back up periodically. Now, of course, everyone is behaving like little ladies and gentlemen.

Peace.

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All meetings end in separation
All acquisition ends in dispersion
All life ends in death
- The Buddha

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