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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Point out where Steve said that "conservatives deserve to be deleted here because they're in power elsewhere." That's not what I said at all. What I said was:

1. The Ledge is a privately owned board.
2. The moderators are appointed by the owners of this board, and they have the discretion to moderate discussions on the Ledge.
3. A majority of Ledgies who participate in political discussions are usually liberal, and many are of a minority group, specifically gay/lesbian.
4. Postings that threaten to offend the majority of Ledgies, then it is at the discretion of the moderators to remove such a post.
5. There are other places to have political discussions.
6. Since conservatives are in charge in the USA, it's not like a post on a privately owned internet message board dedicated to a rock band constitutes being held down.

If I thought there could be a normal conversation with conservatives, I wouldn't have an issue here, personally. But, there are two overriding factors for me in which I see a dangerous slippery-slope. First, there are a lot of folks from the GLBT community here. In some cases, this is the one place where they interact with others without feeling threatend. If we're being honest, there are a greater percentage of Ledgies who identify as GLBT than in the general population, so I think we need to have greater sensitivity to what is discussed here. Second, in a lot of (though not all) "conservative discussions," people start rehashing Limbaugh, Hannity, Coulter, etc, after they start feeling comfortable. A lot of times (again, not always) can lead to gay bashing. So, I'm betting Chris is trying to play it safe.

So you ASSUME that all conservatives are anti-gay then. Hmmm...last time I checked each person doesn't fall into a simple set of lables (OH MY GOD IM LINDSEY!!!!... )

I happen to be for the rights of the GLBT community. And just because I'm a conservative doesn't mean I can't have an intelligent conversation...have you ever thought about the fact that YOU might make those who are conservative on this board feel uncomfortable? Just like you assume that "we" make the GLBT community feel uncomfortable.