Every website, unless it's owned by the government, is privately owned. And somebody pays the bills on every website.
I'm trying to think of any exceptions to this but so far I can think of none.
Yes, I know that. My point was that it IS privately owned just like Free Republic and that the owners can make any rules they want. My question was meant to be rhetorical.
If we don't like it we don't have to go there. I don't like it and I don't go there.