Just a little perspective as a former admin for a very large forum.
We are raised and educated to know that we have certain First Amendment rights. What many of us never seem to grasp is that those rights protect us from the government, not each other. You can't say whatever you want in school, at work, in a letter to the editor, etc. (You do get to decide to leave that school, employer, etc., if you wish.) And a forum such as this is publication owned by a private, not governmental, entity. As such, it reflects on the owner and the owner gets to decide how she wants to be reflected. In addition, the owner has to deal with potential liability, or at a minimum, litigation.
What I am suggesting is that no one just up and leave without considering the valid rights/concerns of MWD and whether or not one may participate on this site while still respecting those considerations.
