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...as soon as censorship is the norm on the forum, well other forums will get traffic that was here. I know you won't care that you are intimidating people and cutting off free speech...

I could not have said it better it has shades of WW11 [Restornu, post #299 to DU's #296 above]

Talk about overdramatization bordering or exceeding drama queen status!

You sound, DU -- with Restornu's reinforcement -- like a spoiled privileged American who ne'er has studied either...
...TRUE CENSORSHIP in unfree republics in history -- or which still occur today in unfree geographies 'round the world!

You think PD being allowed to retain his thread is "censorship" and "cutting off free speech"?

Resty...you think a thread category reassignment is WWII???

God forbid if EITHER OF YOU ever come to a FREEPER potluck and JimRob or his mods put your green jello in the dessert section when you absolutely assert it belongs in the side dish or salad section because of the carrots graded in!

What a catastrophe that would be!

Why, somebody might "mistakenly" put whipped cream on top of it or something!

How "intimidating" that might be to some Mormon from ever bringing green jello to a FREEPER potluck again! Oh, noz!!!

These "new" boundaries are just...just...just INTOLERABLE! How dare host JimRob & his mods be so category-intolerant!

[ALL: What's sad is that some won't get the true irony of the previous two sentences!]

DU & Resty: I am loathe to engage in label-mongering...but when I've heard this kind of exorbitant exaggeration from kids before -- I haven't hesitated to let them know what spoiled brats they are!

By all means, register disapproval/disagreement if you will...but censorship...intimidation...cutting off free speech...WWII???

JimRob: All I can offer is a profuse apology. Today we have people who might be 1/32nd of a descendant from somebody who mistreated Native Americans in the 19th century apologizing to contemporary Native Americans. Well, likewise, even though I don't speak for Mormons today, as a descendant of Mormons, please accept an apology from one who carries Mormon blood: I am so sorry that members of my one-time family's spiritual identity have misdirected venom, whining, & overdramatization being placed in your lap. Please forgive us.

You have been a fair and most gracious host, and I appreciate you and your moderators -- and what you do on behalf of liberty, including religious liberty!