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then (as I understand it) DU allows as much dissent as they do. I gather that they toss out non-Freepers, recognizable by perceptible neural function...in turn, DU tosses out Freepers. DU does allow a degree of dissent in some matters but it does not allow for true dissent in that neocons and the like are not tolerated here. Of course, these people are typically here just to disrupt, I'm sure, and I'm equally certain that the mess resulting from allowing hardcore conservatives to debate hardcore progressives here would be considerable and probably ultimately counterproductive. Still, I don't think it can be said that DU is truly a dissent-friendly environment.
Ditto with ongoing and periodic constraints on subject matter, brought to bear because we do sometimes get carried away with certain things. Still, some of the banned 'sex' threads are anything but out of control...the question is, where do they draw the line? The bottom line here is that this is a private forum and the moderators ultimately have the say on what is discussed here and how it's discussed. It's not a democracy and nobody here has the right to expect it to be so (well, they do have the right to expect that, but in pretty much the same way that they have the right to hold their breath until they get their way). It can be frustrating, yes, but overall I think it's lurching along about as well as it can, not always pleasing everyone but generally fostering a (slightly) more civil tone...except in the GD forum, of course, that's almost a permanent quagmire of fear and loathing.
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