There needs to be less censoring in the poll section of DDO

"You voided your own rules by trying to hit below the belt the first chance you got" the rules are at the top, I suggest my opponent re-reads them, he has lied again. So my opponent has admitted to cheating and then tried to justify it by making up his own rules. Lets just hope he does not cheat again by adding new arguments in the final round. "racist polls are bad" sexist polls are also bad, but you go on to say that they are fine, so it's not an "attack" when you are obviously being a hypocrite to try to defend your weak argument. "racist polls are worse than sexist polls" in what world is that true, offence is purely subjective, again hence why it should not count as a reason to censor, I could be offended at any poll I want are we going to start censoring them to, why is what the moderator view as racist the be all and end all. "incites flame wars" this isn't club penguin, that's the point. What's more you are taking away others responsibility again they can just as easily choose to ignore any poll they want, just because the poll is up does not mean you must comment on it. Btw petty insults aren't actually an argument so keep them coming it's a waste of time. "Allowing racist polls to be posted for a problem that does not exist" Of course my opponent does not see supporting sexsim as a problem. But to me and many other people it is a major problem, and the only way to change a bigot's mind is not by constantly blocking your ears and saying i'm not listening, but to engage in a thought provoking discussion, which is not being allowed in the poll section. This site is called debate.org for a reason, "come to debate online and read the opinions of others. Research today"s most controversial debate topics and cast your vote on our opinion polls" this is from the home page of DDO at the top, racism is a controversial topic, I want to read the opinions of others, so according to the web pages quote we should be having these polls, but not according to my opponent because someone might get offended. "I'm allowed to change my views" so my opponent has finally admitted that he did in fact say those words, even though he denied it originally, I have to ask my opponent do you know what the definition of a liar is? "within my right to rebuttal against" I refer you back to the rules again, you were not within your right to jump the que and cheat. You don't get to make up your own rules after the debate starts. "single coherent argument for your side of the debate" does my opponent realize that just saying 'I don't think it is an argument' is not a rebuttal, a debate works by explaining why that's the case, which my opponent repeatedly fails to do. "It will be pretty easy considering i'm not the one who already made an idiot out of himself by thinking that I'm a girl, and believing that incredibly racist polls should be allowed on the site as a 'solution' to over-moderation" more cheap insults and non sequiturs. Agian this still is not an argument. "religious polls are far more likely than racist polls to spark a decent exchange instead of a flamewar" http://www.debate.org... http://www.debate.org... http://www.debate.org... http://www.debate.org... have a look at these polls and tell me if they aren't extremely bigoted, and tell me about 'flamewars'. Now it's obvious my opponent is just making any excuse up to support his crumbling argument that somehow racism is the only exception of topics that honest discussion cannot be had. "NOT something the moderators can control" this is still a form of censorship just because it is not controlled by the moderators doesn't mean anything, it is pointless annoying censorship, not once have I said the moderators are the only problem I have with the censoring in the polls. In Fact this was in my opening argument. "You didn't provide a single coherent point to begin with" dodging my points again, just saying "I don't think it's an argument" is not a rebuttal. "It's not being decided...Those 4 things are all that is decided, as it should be" So you admit again with hypocrisy that decisions are being decided for us, but again you failed to say why these ones should be decided for us. We should be able to make our own judgment call on what is spam or racism. Most people can think for themselves. "all were titled almost the exact same thing" how is lady chatterley's lover, Classic art, a picture of an assault rifle even remotely similar? Which still begs the question, why were they deleted? "majority of people disagree with you" Not according to this poll http://www.debate.org... where not a single vote went towards the option "No, censorship is completley okay" or on this poll "http://www.debate.org...; and unlike my opponents these ones were actually about censorship. "I extend all other arguments that Pro has forfeited" I literally addressed every argument you raised. So voters throughout this debate we have seen my opponent, lie, cheat, use non sequiturs, create his own rules after the fact, use petty insults instead of rebuttals and not give a single reason other than "it's bad" as to why he supports censorship. I however have with honesty and actual arguments rebutted my opponent, provided reasons as to why offence is not a reason to censor, provided reasons as to why censorship is harmful, demonstrated the flawed system of 'submitted for moderation', outlined the hypocrisy often used by moderators when censoring, demonstrated how we can deal with racism in a more effective way and how we can learn. A vote for con is a vote for dishonesty and ignorance. A vote for pro is a vote for knowledge, free speech, honest discussion and the right to think for ourselves. As always Thank you.