That is the way forums and discussion groups work. More readers than posters.
As discussion groups go, FR is HUGE. You don't get 16,000 people together online most places. Lots of towns don't have populations that big.
People who hang here a lot begin to treat it like it was fully public space, but it's not. It's a private park. It's too big to ever get lockstepped, but occasionally the owner makes a effort to nudge the group along the lines he clearly has stated are the true purpose of the site.
It's still and always has been here to be a conservative forum.
All opinions have never been welcome here. But within its subset, there is room for differing opinions, interests, viewpoints.
If you don't fit within the dark area, which includes an emphasis on social conservativism, you will find at time, things might be uncomfortable.
When subcommunities arise that are too far away from the mission statement, things happen too.
It really doesn't matter what we think of as the ideal diversity of ideas or viewing things as lockstep. This site was created for a certain form of political viewpoint, by the owner's wishes.