The T5 thread was hijacked by a single-issue poster, and then the bulk of the posts then became an ego-battle between that poster and others contributing. The thread was taken so far off topic by this battle that it was not worth continuing with, and needed serious editing to keep it on track.
The editing should take place earlier. The majority of posters do not realise this, and cry "Free Speech!" when that is most fundamentally NOT the imperative that should apply in here. That is why the site continually gets dragged off-topic, and dragged down.
You want "Free Speech?" Start your own site, and you've got it. Otherwise put up and shut up.
Sorry, but that is exactly how it should be. This site is too big to be left to the random element these days.