There is a HUGE, and I can’t overstate how massive it is, difference between being downvoted for posting something others deem stupid, and having your comment forcefully removed by the forum “party in power” and being banned from the entire forum.

I am completely unaware of any “liberal” forum that does the latter unless there is a threat of violence, where every. single. conservative forum does the latter constantly, without remorse, and for even the slightest of “infractions” such as questioning the judgement of their idols or god-emperor. Yes, liberal forums will downvote the shit out of people. That is not censorship. Conservatives remove any trace of the comment not by the people, but by the authoritarian “moderators”. That is censorship.

(The exception being lemmygrad which is openly tankies, but they argue hard that they aren’t liberal)