Red State is hypocrisy exemplified.  A blog can present itself as open to comment or closed.  Most blogs are closed to outsiders and therefore small.  Red State presents itself as open to various viewpoints.  However, those who join soon find out that this is not true.  Countless commenters who disagree with those "in power" have had their accounts unceremoniously shut down without so much as a word.  This makes the site into little more than a closed site.  However, the dishonest thing is that it still presents itself as open.  This is the hypocrisy. 

 There's nothing wrong with being a closed blog.  Just announce your intentions, instead of creating a sham for only people who agree with you.  It's insulting to regular people.