Is this topic out-of-bounds and lockable, and why?

[leveymg]

Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Dec-27-10 01:52 PM
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I hate to be an alarmist, but....

The board has definitely taken a big shift to the right. Every liberals who have posted many left-leaning ideas are often taken down, or even a mere suggestion of websites that points to a more progressive side, also gets deleted (because I think the admins/mods wants DU to be the ONLY "progressive" board in town - which I'm starting to disagree). Many have been banned from DU. It appears to me that (correct me if I'm wrong please), the more right-wing ideas are now being embraced to the left. For example, the Social Security "insolvency" is still being parroted here in DU as it was gospel, and many of the people that have corrected this distortion are being nailed.

I don't know what is going on, but it does feel like I'm being alienated. True, I've had some left-wing ideas removed and/or thread deleted and I'm starting to see old posters disappear (and I know many of them) only to surface elsewhere. I don't know if I will have my Walt Starr moment soon, but it certainly feels closer and closer. I just don't know what this board is all about anymore.

No, this is not a goodbye thread, just a very big concern, and I'm sure a few feel the same way.

Hawkeye-X
Laying open the guts of the world and sniffing the entrails, that’s what we do.. - Spider Jerusalem
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[Skinner]

1. Yes.

For one thing, it's complaining about forum moderation.