Thanks for the thoughtful response! I don't have any doubt that people much smarter than I am have discussed this and thought about it at great length. I woul

Thanks for the thoughtful response! I don't have any doubt that people much smarter than I am have discussed this and thought about it at great length. I would argue that if there wasn't interest in the discussion from the community, it wouldn't have gained so many points so quickly. Flagging was used to bury it as it was climbing up the front page. This seems like an abuse of the flagging system to me. Apparently dang agreed, because the flag was removed, but the damage was done - it's aged out now. I do think there has been a recent change that makes the topic relevant and worth discussing. I've noticed a disturbing trend over the past 5-10 years of many folks wholly embracing the concept of limiting speech to only those things that they agree with. It appears to me that this is an increasing trend, and I think our discussion tools need to adapt to meet the new challenge. That's the primary reason why I asked the question.