Rules and differing opinions

[Brian1212]

I have been informed by the moderators that I am not allowed to talk badly about this forum.
Most members on orchidboard will not be aware of this rule, I am aware of it but I think it is not very democratic.
If I were living in china I might be used to such rules about negative propaganda against the state where they even execute people for such a crime.

But we have people from all over the world on this site, not just from china.
America is a democracy with freedom of speech and I believe an online forum should be the same but I can also see the appeal of running it like china which is of course easier for the moderators.

If the people don't like it they get executed. It works.

Should orchidboard be run the same way is what I want to know. The moderators have told me and they will probably delete this as anti forum propaganda but I want to know what the members think.

Should orchidboard be censoring posts or should open discussions discussing different opinions and point of views be allowed?