Seems you have a misunderstanding of what "free and open discussion" is, Bray. Have you ever been silenced? Have you ever been told "no, you aren't allowed to speak"? I bet not. The fact that a majority disagrees with you is not the same as not being allowed to share your opinion.
Perhaps the bitterness and petulance shown by you and others who didn't get their way on this one, combines with the fact you only focused on RINO and Bushbot, and not the names that your side used on conservatives speaks more about you than it does those who disagreed with you. You'll have to take time out of your power pouting to contemplate that, however, which doesn't leave me a lot of hope.
Just go look at your average thread and see what happens when someone dares speak heresy. Pouting, give it a rest. This place is enforced by folks like you who will go to any lengths to make sure your side is the only one heard. Try disagreeing with one of your "friends" and see how open they are to dissension. But yeah go ahead and dismiss it as this turns into the Conservative version of DU. You don't need Bushbots anyway. After all we're "retarded".
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