A political war of all against all massively raises the costs of expressing a viewpoint which other people don't like. That makes it harder to participate in th

A political war of all against all massively raises the costs of expressing a viewpoint which other people don't like. That makes it harder to participate in the political process, and easier for the powers that be to discourage any political participating which they find inconvenient. (As a commenter says above though, I do think that in this particular case the takedown was probably not politically motivated.)