I just happened upon this thread for the first time, due to a link to it.

[Usually threads in ORP about thread closure are of secondary interest to me, because I know, understand, and follow the ToS.]

So now I understand why the moderators have been so edgy and walking on egg shells about reputation.

And what led to someone's "banning," presumably from this very thread.

Is that a lifetime decision? Has this power been delegated to the moderators?

Well, it looks like we still have two posters in this thread (am I allowed to mention their names) to represent the ever-diminishing Flyer Talk right wing. Perhaps the Presidential election season in OMNI will be full of unanimity after all!