This is so typical of leftists. Find a group of leftists, and you'll find an environment that cannot tolerate thoughts outside the narrowly accepted range. There's no place on the internet where there's less freedom of speech than at DU. I enjoy DU Funnies, but the reality is "it ain't funny." The lack of open discourse, that is.
It's like watching a bunch of people talk nonstop over which shade of green is best, when someone suddenly says "what about red?" Then all hell breaks loose until the guy who mentioned red is gone.
Then they go back to talking about how great green is.
But after living and working in downtown Seattle for the last dozen years or so, I'm convinced that the largest group of unbridled bigots in the United States are Leftists.
The vitriol and hatred is simply astonishing. If you voice any disagreement with the prevailing Leftist thought, you are shouted down and verbally abused.
The last straw for me was when a complaint was filed with the HR department at my company, against a woman who did nothing more than say "Well, I voted for Bush" in the lunchroom at work. Seriously. A co-worker tried to get her fired for literally "voting for Bush."
And I know that's all she said because I was sitting next to her (and staying out of the conversation) when she said it.
Sure, the right has it's bigots.....but they are generally not tolerated the way the left embraces its bigotry.