I have NEVER, EVER voted to hide a comment.  But, I have had a handful or so hidden.

Unfortunately, too many people here (on both sides) have been schooled under the tradition of a mob screaming  "troll, troll" (in some places in the world, you could replace the word troll with the word infidel) at every occurrence of perceived heresy.

Instead of responding to dialogue that is perceived to be wrong or offensive, the knee jerk reaction is to censor and banish it.  And the people that do this do it with pride because they are fully incapable of understanding that they are acting like lazy rabble.