Well said again, Pete. That is possibly more along the lines I was getting at. There is no 'angry mob' as you say but purely on the basis that we are a folk music forum, the membership is more likely to be left wing and liberal (in the sense of easy going rather than political). Therefore it makes sense that right wing or conservative (again meaning averse to change rather than Tory) views may get a harder time.

It is nothing to do with not accepting people as was originally stated (people expressing conservative opinions are not accepted here) but being averse to those views and not letting them by without serious criticism. Unfortunately the right, led by Trump, now see criticism as something to be mocked and rejected out of hand and that is filtering through to here.

In my opinion.