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Originally Posted by moon
Allowing free speech seems to me an admirable defense. Who wants to target free speech ? ( unless it's us )
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Our intent isn't to limit free speech, but to make people think a bit harder before posting a thread about everything that crosses their mind.
It's true that clamping down and putting more restrictions on posters may be bad for the site and result in members leaving. However, we also believe that allowing certain groups to invade the board would result in members leaving or not joining in the first place. A new member browsing the board may be quite turned off if 90% of the articles in the Breaking News section are racist rants against black people, for example.
It's kind of like we'd be encouraging people to focus on particular debates a bit more and make them talk with other members, rather than trying to 'yell' and flood the board.
In addition, a lot of these people that invade the board aren't interested in debate or discussion. Their intent is to 'win' their debate by clogging up the forum with threads that reflect their stance on issues, not through reasoned debate and exchanging ideas.