Some very hyperbolic, bigoted postings have been going up all over the discussion forums on loraincounty.com.  When users have protested the hate speech and rules violations through the proper channels, they have been banned for attempting to report this user.  Those in charge of LorainCounty.com are complicit in allowing and even encouraging this hate speech by doing the following:

1.) Refusing to enforce their own "Community Standards" for certain users guilty of hate speech,
2.) Banning users who, within forum rules, have reported rules violations and 'flagged' posts for abuse,
3.) Refusing to answer as to why members have been banned,
4.) Refusing to speak with banned members via email,
5.) Censoring those who disagree with this bigoted member, by removing their posts, even if their posts are within rules.

Recently, President Obama called for greater civility in our political discourse.  Unfortunately after months of asking Ed Skimin of LorainCounty.com to enforce their own terms of service, they have refused, instead taking the side of those against civility.  

By signing this petition, you condemn LorainCounty.com for actively supporting this hate speech, and by intentionally silencing rational voices who either speak out against it or use the website's own flagging system to report it is implicitly endorsing this type of behavior.