I've been waiting for somebody to bring this little issue up, how very fitting the LD be the voice of it all.
Honestly, when the political discussion was banned simply because some higher ups felt we couldn't handle such "meaningless garbage", that basically told me that either someone has personal problems with how we debate around here, or there's stigma against letting the discussions evolve as the members begin growing up. Yes, we will continue to get new members as long as the site remains, but that doesn't mean we should be silenced for wanting to discuss more mature issues.
So yeah, I've been gone because of this and will stay gone until we get some sort of decision that isn't "What we says goes don't like it, too bad. Locked."
Too bad that's what we're probably gonna get.