After having read this entire thread, I have to say that I'm extremely worried at the precedent being set. This exact type of rule has in every case among our sister forums been the thin end of the wedge towards eventually purging non-Leftist users. I don't think the mods are doing this consciously or on purpose, but the precedent in other areas of the Internet is far too overwhelmingly damning for me to ignore.
And on top of that, now we find out that the mods are doing this in an attempt to appeal to the exact people 90% of us came to the Sietch to
escape from?... well, it speaks for itself really.
I'm made extremely uncomfortable by what this site is becoming, will
inevitably become, in light of this decision. It has become clear that The Sietch is no longer a place where Rightists will be welcome in the future, and I feel compelled to deactivate this account for my own safety.
I would also like to publicly ask @Zoe or another admin to delete all my posts on this site, barring this one—just so there is no confusion about why precisely my posts have vanished.
This isn't a decision I'm making lightly, but out of pure self-preservation. As more and more SB/SV-adjacent users are attracted by the mod staff's marketing campaign, The Sietch will become a gradually more hostile, unwelcome, and in fact legitimately dangerous place to be, and I consider it of paramount importance to get out in front of it now, before it's too late.
I really hate to do this—I really liked this forum, I really thought The Sietch was going to be different than the other sites. But here we are falling for the exact same trap as they did. The simple fact is that recent decisions, however they may have been intended to come off, have made it so posting on The Sietch is now flagrantly dangerous for anyone who considers themself Rightist or conservative—and if not necessarily now, then in the not-so-distant future. It's only a matter of time now until the Leftist entryism begins in force, and I'd just as soon not be here when it does.
Bye, everyone.
"Any organization not explicitly right-wing sooner or later becomes left-wing."
—Conquest's Second Law of Politics