I'm trying to figure out what you are saying here, Grizz. Are you saying that discussion and debate is being stifled in this unnamed organization to which you belong? Are you letters and essays not being published in this organizations newsletter? Are you being ignored or shouted down when you try to speak at your local chapter's meetings? Are you being snubbed socially by the other members?
And is dissent really being suppressed? Or does the general membership feel that the matter has been discussed sufficiently, and it is time to move forward on the decisions that have been reached by the membership? How do we tell whether you are really being "suppressed" or whether you are simply unhappy that the general consensus differs from your own opinion?
Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. --
Charley the Australopithecine