The threads that get locked will almost always have the same 3 or 4 people spouting the same bs over and over. We all recognize it for what it is and yes, it greatly diminishes the quality of thread, making some unreadable. It's the same insults lobbed back and forth over and over and over. When I see discourse turn into cries of racism.... every time, I know it's just a feeble minded person who can't debate. Knowing this doesn't make it anymore palatable to sift through. I too am in favor of temporary bans to those who repeatedly roll in the mud instead of locking threads if we members have a vote. Although I believe this would just result in multi-accounts, so it's not a great answer either. This forum hasn't been very fun or challenging lately. It seems to have devolved into name calling instead of debate. I don't come around as much because of this so I'm torn. I'm not a fan of locking threads, but those threads definitely bring down the value of the neighborhood I'm glad I'm not a mod, no easy answer here. If we were to allow an anything goes, people here have shown that a handful will ruin it for everyone else. I don't take it seriously so I'm not offended, I'm just bored by it. Red takes as much abuse from the usuals as anyone from what I've seen, and yet is the biggest proponent of live and let live on the forum. He deserves credit for that at least. He's fighting for your right to post fake stormfront red posts at his expense, much respect. I've skimmed over some truly racist posts recently, but calling them out has lost any credibility when every argument turns into charges of racism.