i was "censored" by the powers that be (?) i was assured it wasn't my stand on trump or criticism of the RG itself, but basically for trying to engage a nonsensical person in a  reasonable discussion  and then responding as one might when thoroughly disgusted. i see they have a new mute feature, MUTE, which can probably be attributed to my gmails with civil. they knew and understood where i was coming from..in context of all posting with this person. 
  now i can see commenters muting anyone they disagree with. some pretty weak threads in our future i fear.. 
 there should be a commenters appointed and filled tiny committee to monitor the posts. mature people with diverse opinions who aren't threatened by others - with calm cool heads - that takes me out of the running ;D , but you qualify
 it was  a relief - i didn't even log in until this morning. i was going just drop the subscription cause the paper is crappy anyway and there are other news sources. i prefer a national back/forth