I am Spartacus

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That is patently false as you and Gene both missed a critical point in what I said in that conversation. I did not suggest that we censor you.

Strictly speaking, that's true. You didn't say I should be censored. You said I should be banned.

So let's start over...

We here are a group of like minded people working towards common goals, protection of the 2nd Amendment. In order to reach said goals we must engage in conversation. However, simple conversation is not enough. It must be polite conversation. Conversation with some level of rules and lines in which we mutually agree to not cross.

I have always tried to comply with the forum rules.

And If rules are necessary, it is necessary that they are enforced. Unfortunately that may mean removing someone from the conversation that refuses to operate within the established rules.

This is what I was suggesting in that conversation.

1. That's not quite what you were calling for.
2. The forum has moderators who do enforce the rules.

Furthermore there is a vast difference in a small group of people censoring someone from their conversation versus groups with extraordinary power coming together to silence a dissenting opinion.

So, what you're saying is that silencing dissenting opinion in a big group is bad, but silencing dissenting opinion in a small group is okay.