So I can expect an active defense when conservatives such as myself are "vilified, insulted and frightened 9or threatened)" here on Mudcat?

You may expect and be entitled to such a defence - but you would currently be very unlikely to receive this on our forum - whatever your political views.

You are more likely to read some personal judgement and read a request from some fellow poster for some anonymous fellow poster to imposed editing actions upon your contribution. Mainly because it was not to their taste but excused and cloaked in respectable sounding reasons like: It was cut and pasted - was not musical - was not clear - was in the wrong place - was attempting to hi-jack the thread - etc. etc. etc...............

The rather unrealistic idea that posters have some right to judge or can exert some control over what others choose to post on our forum - is a practice that now seems to be encouraged.......