two types of bans
OK, I will admit, I do a bit of grave dancing, though truth be told, the graves I dance on are of people who have been caught red handed lying about being liberals to stir the crap. We do not need to name names, though you can see plenty of them on discussionist, the ones with really well worn sock puppets that have been on their second or third tour of duty here.
Now, NYC SKIP was stupid, no, we do not need to use that word, especially because, regardless of what side you choose, there are plenty of good solid facts and issues that side a or b can use.
However, I do think that when we decide who gets banned and who gets on, we need to make a distinction between the people that have been baneful for years, and the people who will get heated every primary season. As William769 pointed out, there are people on all sides of the primary debate that will say things they regret because they get heated.
We need to separate the people who are liberals from the people who just want to throw monkey crap.