Progressive “concern trolls” that know how to cut and paste are of no benefit to FR. They belong in DU and Kos and JR made that quite clear.
Spare me the preachiness. JR runs his forum as he sees fit, and he alone makes those decisions, not you.
As far as these Civil War threads, N-S did bring knowledge to the debate, whether I agreed or not. He was a worthy opponent in this arena, in my opinion.
As far as other opinions espoused by N-S that apparently provided the cause for being banned, I’m not all that familiar with what built up to that. All I’ve seen would be the last few replies prior. I assume it was justified on that basis.
Regarding trolls, there are many kinds of behavior used to disrupt a forum, mojitojoe. Above and beyond the “concern troll,” there would be the POE, who seeks to undermine and destroy the credibility of a site like FR, by being a deliberate satire of a conservative, taking points of view that reinforce negative stereotypes, leading discussions into extreme tinfoil territory, etcetera.
You’re familiar with this, right?