The post is defaulted to NEW (Suggested). It has nothing to do with trying to stifle discussion, it has everything to do with not having new posts and opinions buried under ones that are hours older. It takes almost no effort for you to change the sort order.
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These are the sort options, when the post is defaulted to something you don't like you can change it here. Also, by setting it to NEW this allows the user to familiarize themselves with the different sort options and the different facets (New posts, Top posts, Controversial posts..etc) of a post rather than just reading the top few and moving on.
I'm sorry you don't like the way we moderate here, but I can tell you that we have no secret agenda to stifle yours or anyone else's opinions. Our focus is and always has been to provide information from DICE (CMs and Devs) and to allow you to talk about it.
Feel free to send us a message if you have any further questions.