Reply #50: I think speech should be as free here as in a public forum under . . .

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the U.S. Constitution. I.e., subject to reasonable restrictions, e.g., you shouldn't be allowed to knowingly lie in ways you know will harm others.

This is really very important. I understand the fear that DU'ers might be broadly written off as wacko. But I think we NEED this "freemarketplace of ideas". E.g., personally, I'm somewhat agnostic or skeptical re- LIHOP & MIHOP, but I'm GLAD someone is looking at that evidence and asking those questions.

The "wisdom of crowds" doesn't work as well if you muzzle half the people.

If people here want to discuss alien probes, it's ok with me; I just ask that, as a courtesy, they do it in an appropriate forum.