Reply To: Some topics are just too controversial for the coffee room moderators.

The concept is actually much more than 100 years old. Try some 3300 years old.
Source: Devarim 17:11
לא תסור מן הדבר אשר יגידו לך ימין ושמאל
רש״י : אפילו אומר לך על ימין שהוא שמאל ועל שמאל שהוא ימין

The fact that MO has no concept of Daas Torah, as you put it, says more about the limitations of MO than the limitations of Daas Torah.