A restriction of speech isnt a good thing. Never is. Those who participated in those issue threads knew what they were walking into, as did those who decided to not jump in. It seems an over the top reaction, but is the right of those who run the show. It will be interesting to see how it works.

Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and will never be.----Thomas Jefferson