I have no problem with free speech. It’s everyone here’s perogative to either ignore the trolls or respond to them. And as far as the moderators go.... in all the years I’ve been here, the only problem I have had with them (or one of them) has been a recent thread they pulled, with literaly hundreds of posts and posters, for ‘supposedly racist’ tones.... but they apparently pulled it cause they didn’t want to take the time to READ it, which IS their job, I would think. The thread was dicussing the problem we’re having with not being able to discuss racial issues withoug being labeled racists. Ironic, eh? If they’re going to pull every thread that trolls report and complain about, without reading and checking first, we’re going to have very few things remaining that we CAN discuss at Free Republic without being censured by our own Mods. They should at least post the gist of the offending post so we will know what we are not allowed to discuss. But no.... we’re into guessing games, apparently.