Who cares if you were a former troll or not. Only someone ignorant and truly pathetic will shut out or shout down someone with a differing view.
It takes a true intellect to formulate a coherent, relevant and well reasoned argument in defense of their positions. You can only do that when someone disagrees with you.
It takes a true intellect to formulate a coherent, relevant and well reasoned argument in defense of their positions. You can only do that when someone disagrees with you. Not really, that's not the 'only' way to formulate coherent, relevant, and well reasoned arguments.
In any case, as I said, there is no unanimity of opinion on FR, never has been. There is a widely aligned world view of its membership. That consensus binds us, though that's not to say there is uniformity of opinion, or a notable lack of disagreement. Anyone can see on any given day that there is a lot of disagreement on FR, but still a largely aligned world view.