I never leave the Hole, anymore. I've never been to any other discussion thread, except for sending stuff to the troops last Christmas. I will occassionally peruse the Breaking News, but rarely post.
Meet me in the chat with your voice on.
I haven't left the Hole much since Darth Sidious and 2Trievers were banned, whom I seldom agreed with but were good people, and John Farson, our Hobbit Hole founder. I put in my dues for the 'thon, and even cheerleaded a bit the first day, but a lot of the fun of political debate and political ideology has left for me.
And I applauded most of the other bannings, when only the mean-spirited and crude were banned. Now it is risky to disagree, which threatens even me, if I continued to challenge some of the issues where I think our party is messed up.
I still love it here, and love the mission of conservatism, but not this way. Maybe it will improve in time... I hope so. We have nowhere else to go that is equal... and I have looked.