This isn't totally directed at you but your post set me off a little, and now that IANAM, I can speak up.
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Free speech ?
I may not agree with what they say etc....
I sort of understand your point, But beware; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Oh shut up (that's irony, in case you're wondering). It's not a public site. It's privately owned. The risk in restricting topics on the site is that we'll lose people. You know what? Most of the people leaving are the troublemakers. Buh-bye now. Don't let the IP address hit you in the arse on the way out. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of places online where you can go hash out your own little myopic view of the world. Come back when you want to talk about motorcycles.
A couple years ago another site I used to frequent, 914club.com, was being torn apart by religious and political arguments. It was way worse than it was here. They banned those topics and saved the site. Now it thrives. Sometimes you have to curtail some freedoms to enhance others. It's like pruning a tree.
And whoever brought up the Harley bashing threads - last time I checked Harleys were still motorcycles (albeit highly overrated and way too heavily marketed). Harley hasn't filed for protected status as a religion yet (oh, crap, I shouldn't give them any ideas) so that makes them fair game.
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