I can't believe the mods are so-- Reddit like? "I am so very smart"? They're not going to encourage new users by deleting entire threads, but oh well. I guess their site is only for "special people".

That seems to be the trend across the internet. I've seen so many groups banned or splintered due to censorship, and when the formerly oppressed start their new groups they do the same thing to people who disagree with them.

I think the internet in many ways brings out the worst of people; the power to quash those who would criticize or disagree with you repeatedly proves too seductive to resist. And even where the moderators are fair-minded, there are always some aggressive people in the forum who push the moderators to censor the viewpoints they do not like. That is why so many online forums are boring, echo chambers that repeat the same ideas ad nauseam. And on the rare occasion that some dissentious opinion is tolerated, the users cannot handle the ensuing debate without attacking each other, and the moderators will be called on to delete posts, ban users, and lock the thread. The state of speech on the internet is abysmal.