I'm torn between wanting much stricter moderators, which would make everything more pleasant for all the users, and for wanting free speech, which is something that most of us here would applaud.

It's my belief that most of the hateful posts are in clear violation of the community guidelines, and the mods would do the site a huge favor if they enforced them more thoroughly. You can have any point of view you like on QL, as long as you are polite.

I guess there are a lot of people out there who no one would give the time of day to, but on QL they feel like they have a soapbox from which to preach and scream. A sad reflection of them and their lives in the real world I guess.