I am going to try to walk a edge here.
First off this is a Private Message board, you are given a privilege by being allowed to post here.
Secondly the content posted here is by what the Ownership through the Moderation staff allow, since it is a Private site your in their house, pee on the floor in their house and your no longer allowed to participate.
Thirdly some of the responses here are what got my dander up and I posted a condemnation post that Aros took offense to and got me removed from the staff, it was about politicizing shit, just as some of you are now, yet you bitch about not being able to politicize shit and want to take your ball and go home because you can't smear your political opinion on something. Again this is what pissed me off before. Take your ball and go to CNN, Fox news, or write your favorite Senator or Congressman, but bitching here about it won't go anywhere other then someone's ignore list or your privileges being removed.
Fourth, Really all discussion about a political topic does is create a line that two sides are not going to cross and bitch that the other side is wrong. We have plenty of that as it is in life, not having it here where in the Bennett case seems inconvenient since it is about a player on the Seahawks, is much better for board health over all.
Oh and freedom of speech and expression are a part of our Culture, however it does not say freedom from repercussions and or consequences from using that right.