I think that Omni is whatever each individual wants it to be.

I think the value of Omni is whatever each individual chooses to take or not take away from it, to contribute to it or degrade it as they see fit.

Actually, what I personally find to be the most annoying posts [besides those from multiple handles] are not about religion or ideology or politics per se but rather the posts of the more sanctimonious among us who will show up from time to time and opine with something like, "I never usually set foot in this cesspool that is Omni, but I will just this once to say that you lefties [insert group/sub-group of choice] make me sick..."

Participate in Omni or not, but when you do participate you are every bit as responsible for what Omni is or is not as are all of the Omni regulars [I would love to know what the "Omni clique" is. Am I a member? If I have to ask I guess that I am not. ]. As for the double-standard, I don't see it. Is there less-than-perfect moderation on rare occasions? Yes, but that is not applying a double standard.

Let me offer an observation: there are two posts in this thread alone that have used the terms "lefty", "leftists", "lefters", etc. ad naseum often including the adjective 'all'. This use of these terms was not meant to be instructive in nature but rather pejorative, as in, "Those dam [sic] Lefties". Add an all-inclusive touch of hyperbole and a debate or discussion quickly becomes an extremely partisan and vitriolic rant. I don't see that kind of ranting in this thread from any Omni "liberals". In a way I think that this thread mirrors a typical Omni thread.

Yes, you can see the same thing happen in Omni with regard to the other end of the political spectrum [which is just as wrong] but I submit that this happens more often right now because of a very vocal and hard-core cadre of [forgive the generalization] 'conservatives'. I believe that if we had 10 different Omni-like boards, you would find five where strident attacks were dominated by 'conservatives' and five dominated by 'liberals'. Simply put, I think that it seems as though more "conservative" posts come under scrutiny now because there are simply more, by actual number, that are questionable in regard to the TOS. Two years ago this might have been different and a year from now things could reverse, but since we are in the infancy of 'New Omni' the conservatives just seem to be first up in regard to the posting.