The rise of atheism in America

[laconicsax]

31. In this context, whether the action was fulfilling a job description.

I know you have issues with anyone having any authority of any sort, but you really need to understand that the groups on DU have specific purposes and when a discussion topic doesn't fit that purpose, hosts have a responsibility to lock the thread.

For example, if someone posts an OP in the science group that makes demonstrably false claims supporting the premise that all of modern biology is wrong because of an unexplained "quantum" mechanism, any of the group hosts have a responsibility to recognize that the post isn't about science and therefore doesn't fit the group SoP.

When locking such a thread, a host typically suggests a more suitable group for the discussion. If the OP is actually interested in having the discussion, they should start it in a more suitable group as suggested by the locking host.