I’ve been a member of Free Republic for nearly five years. During that time, I’ve seen a lot of Zots! What’s a Zot? It’s a situation where someone who comes on Free Republic as an obvious disrupter is banned from Free Republic. In addition, if they started a thread, the thread may be pulled. Across the political spectrum at Democratic Underground, the same policy is pretty much in effect for Conservative voices. When I was younger, I had a problem with the idea of banning people who didn’t go by the moderator’s rules or just because they’re a liberal or...