“I must admit, flat earth belief is incredibly bad since simply walking to a shore line can reveal the curved horizon. I am not sure banning them would be true to how we operate here. Given a capitalist approach, I would think allowing the posts, but seeing that no comments/attention given to them would be more apt?”
I disagree, I see it as no different than banning libtards, racists, and other extremists. If Free Republic simply allows anti-scientific ignorant posters to ruin the reputation of conservatives by playing right into libtard stereotypes then we will lose our identity as conservatives and undermine our own efforts. We wouldn’t allow that to happen on other matters, say someone outwardly professing to be conservative who also rants about “the jews” being the cause of every ill in the world.
Could be? Do we ban people like that or for thoughts we don’t agree with? Honestly, I think I would need to check over the rule book we have - I am not terribly familiar with Freep’s rules. I for one, would not be hasty on banning people... as that often leads to a Pandora’s box. (Hatred towards a group of people is different than opinions on theories, though.)
Besides, I’ve often been the one banned on websites. Have you ever had someone telling you to shut up because you will make Christianity look ignorant? Then site to you a quote from a Pope used to silence Galileo? I have. So, I am hesitant on agreeing to use those methods.
It would be only a matter of time before the evolutionist and theistic evolutionist here asked to ban the creationists for ‘false science’ ;)