I have only used the 'abuse' button once in all these years. And to refer to someone being upset about "hate speech" being allowed to continue on this forum as being "touchy-feely" is ridiculous. The mods didn't tolerate people who were cheering the deaths of the UN soldiers in Lebanon. They gave a very stern warning about those hateful comments and made it perfectly clear that anyone who wished to continue talking like that would face the consequences. Surely they wouldn't approve of people calling for the death and destruction of ALL Muslims or all Arabs.
FR does sensor comments, and they usually do a very good job of it. Their jobs aren't easy with all the threads that are going at any given time.
The Admin Mods do not dictate all policy. There seems to be a hue and cry for islam to police themselves. If there is not a reformation, you "aint seen nuthin yet". Call the mods and see if they will yank this post.
I said the term "hate speech" is touchy-feely sounding, not the person who is using that term. The term is an outgrowth of the leftist thought-police indoctrination effort, and I never use it; it makes me want to barf. Also, when the category of an argument is debated ("That's hate speech!", or "You're a racist!") rather then the original argument, the true argument/logic/persuasion is over, and opinions of the other person are just being tossed around. As for what the mods do here, that's fine, because it's their site. They don't have to allow the word 'the' if they choose. But when an argument turns to, in essense, name-calling, it's over.