Every site that has "died" (and I've been on all of them) has been due to infiltration of shills/trolls/bots that have not been regulated by the mods.

I consider this site a free speech site - lots of different, even conflicting, opinions here. But what this site does that others have not, is differentiate free speech from "no consequences" speech. Speaking freely involves responsibility and consequences. You are free to sit on a plane and announce there's a bomb in your luggage. It's your first amendment right to say that - but there are also consequences for saying it.

And the consequences don't lie with the speaker alone - they affect the community as a whole. For example, free speech technically allows us to call people N------ and J---. But what are the consequences of that? How many people who want to learn more about the Patriot agenda have visited our sites, and this is the welcome they get? We have lost good people that way. Or what about the sites that allow people who are clearly only there to demoralize? We've lost good people that way too - In fact, I'd say some of the best people - because those are the people targeted by the naysayers.