I am managing editor of Culture Kitchen and so should comment on this. Culture Kitchen is a pretty open forum that almost never prevents someone from expressing themsevles however they wish to. For example, profanity has been widely used here, with occasional complaint. I can think of only two cases of people who were banned specifically for offensiveness. One of them claimed that the relapse of Elizabeth Edwards' cancer was a sign from god that we all should vote for Hillary Clinton and the other was an anti-Semite who tried to claim that the Nazi movement in 1930's Germany was funded by Jews. You have to really push some serious buttons to get the editorial team intervening.

While I understand what you are saying, and I very much encourage your commenting on it here, I want to emphasize that "Demotard," though potentially offensive to some with disabilities (such as those Democrats who are values challenged, to cite one example) it is allowable on this site. That said, objections to it and discussions of it are also encouraged. We grow through such discussions and others can benefit from seeing it discussed here. As managing editor I am not in favor of removing this post because it gives the opportunity to discuss the very issue you bring up. Of course Liza is free to remove it or leave it, but editorial policy prefers all but the most intensly offensive of controversies to remain for discussion simply because such discussion is viewed as important. We actually routinely discuss and leave in place posts we do not like for just such reasons.

If you disagree with this policy, by all means lay into us. We encourage THAT as well ; -)