Why is MG's thread locked?

Not really sure why you think it's about free speech.

You're on the internet posting about free speech while free to speak about free speech.

Midland has consistently, tediously, repeatedly posted the same crap over and over again. Lots of people are tired of it. I'm not sure what the deal is, but some people just don't seem to be content with posting their opinion, they just feel the need to do it over and over again, I guess it's because they feel they are in the minority or a voice in the wilderness and unless they spam every thread with the same ideas then somehow their righteous message will be lost, or something.

Also, free speech doesn't apply to forums and conversations generally in the way you think it does. Everyone has to obey the rules of interaction and decency in the relevant context. You might shout 'Who ate all the pies' to someone at the football, but you wouldn't do that in the middle of a quiet pub on Sunday night (unless he was your mate and you're having a laugh, or you're deliberately being a dick). You might say, 'I think DC should be sacked,' on a forum. But if you went to the pub with someone you wouldn't just repeat 'DC out!' over and over again, incessantly for three hours, and expect that person to want to have a chat with you next week.

I know this is all obvious stuff, but I'm explaining it to you coz your use of 'free speech' in your OP is a bit lazy. So it's worth clarifying.

Personally, I don't necessarily think the thread should have been locked. I think it's much better that everyone gets to post their sh** more or less however they like as long as it's more or less Rovers relevant, and people can make their own minds up. I would imagine that the vast majority of posters on here think that Midland is a tedious bore, but that's just my guess.

But just starting a new thread saying 'Free speech, free speech!' like it's some sort of magic spell and you're the justice wizard, is puerile.

Ha ha
What, a whip round?

I was thinking more Cat-o-Nine-Tails myself.

As a minimum.
The man is clearly a cad and deserves a damn good thrashing.

Well, if you want to debate anything I said, then you can quote me and debate it. Telling a different poster about me while saying you don't want to debate with me, is pretty funny.

It's not about having the final word it's about debate. If you just want to shout 'free speech, free speech' and then refuse to discuss stuff while opening a thread for debate and pretending you're pro-communication then I'd suggest you're the one who's mixed up.

To nice.. please ban.

1984 comes to mind........

Spot on this.
I am one of the main culprits in rising to Midlands bait, I agree that he should be allowed to post whatever he thinks of DC. But to turn virtually every new thread back to this subject is getting very tedious and boring!
Attention seeking? You bet, this whole thread is now for you Midland so well done.
I’m not gona bother even reading his posts in future, so I won’t be replying to any either.

Posting "sack DC" on threads not even connecting to the managerial position such as the Development Squad have become tedious, if he's not doing it just as a WUM/troll what's the point in posting them given there's already a threads to discuss DC. It's pretty obvious to most on here he wants him sacked because of the "joke" rather than any other reason.