The union and current events forums have pretty much always been like that. The reason this site was created in the first place is because the owner does believe in freedom of expression. She does not care one bit about a member's political or union/UPS views. That being said, she only wants intelligent discussions without the immature vulgar personal attacks. Just about everything that gets moderated is because of some other member complaining about it. LB reported a lot of things and has threatened to sue the owner many times. You can thank him for having the name of the IBT president put on the censure list, that was one of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen. Why people think they can cuss and threaten the owner of a free site that allows them to express themselves is just beyond my comprehension.
We have discussed having a forum with no rules or moderating. I remember Teamsternet had something like that, that didn't work well for them.