Quote - Just browsed through the first 18 posts in the genre. I found 2 or 3 that are clearly anti-Bush, but definitely not anti-American. The others are far more general in nature, some were decrying abuse or stalking, others were about pollution. Issues that are important everywhere in the world, statements that apply to America as well as to every other country.

The United States are the biggest player in the world. The most influential. So it's not surprising that its actions and policies are the most critiqued. I'm from a much smaller country, and whatever our government does, it just doesn't have the same impact, the same visibility. As long as the US are the leading power in the world (and I hope that will be a LONG time to come - though I do not agree with many of the current administration's politics, I shudder at the thought of some other countries becoming the world leaders!) it will bear the brunt of the critiques. A fact of life.

As xonocostle said, the fact that the posts you don't agree with are allowed to stand means that Renderosity does its part in upholding one of the pillars of democracy, the right of free speech.

So I invite you, wizardtim, to counter with your own art and statements. I will probably not agree with many of your views, but that doesn't matter in this context. USE the freedom that you have.

Your invitation is a bit late. When I first joined this site, I posted 3D art of a non-politcal nature. I had discovered Terragen and loved what I could do with it. Over time I wandered into other galleries. I saw posts that I disagreed with and posted images of my own, expressing my views. They were almost immediately removed. They contained no nudity, no profanity, only a conservative viewpoint. The reason given was TOS violations. That was clearly biased censorship, becaused I called into question people like Michael Moore and the Hollywood elites. However when posts from the other side insulted other well known individuals, I was told that they were not removed because of "freedom of speech".  

I hav also been personally insulted, in the "gallery" by others, and these comments were left up, not removed, after I brought these to the attention of management. So why the double standard? No one can tell me there isn't one here. Either freedom of speech applies to all or none, right? If you think I'm wrong, look at the galleries of those with the most anti-American posts.

My point is this, if you want an art site, have an art site. If you want hate of conservatives, go to moveon.org, but don't try to have a double standard and then claim you're open to all views. Why have a section that breeds hate? Why have a section that insults the nation that offers the owners of this site the freedom to have it in the first place? Geez, why is this so hard to understand?