However, I believe others in this forum should remain vigilant. Democracy falls when the citizens give up their power, and analogously I believe that unless we, as forum users, speak out against censorship, the admins in charge will eventually control the opinions on this forum.
In accordance with that ideology, I maintain my public stance that Bitcoin Foundation should be moved out of Bitcoin Discussion. However, I will refrain from arguing more about this issue.
What you and many others here fail to understand is this not a democracy and this does not belong to the people. This is a private forum hosted in the Internet. This is not a public domain neither a free speech zone. Because of this fact, complaints regarding the censorship or sponsorship practiced by the administrators and moderators are useless. The Bitcointalk forum is entitled to support or to suppress whatever the administrators and owners decide, not what the "vigilant" users decide.
The "power" here belongs to the administrators and the owners, not to the users.
The users are entitled to leave if BitcoinTalk continues this blatant sponsorship and remains authoritarian. The more people aware of censorship, the more likely they will leave.
I compare this to a think-tank established by an umbrella organization. The umbrella organization definitely has the
right to censor the decisions of the think-tank, but if this is revealed and people leave, the think-tank will lose its source of value. Therefore, the umbrella organization will have to comply with the demands of the participants. If participants give up on reporting censorship, other participants may not be aware and the umbrella organization will have too much power.