Clarification on what "no politics" means, is the issue.
I don't see many threads about politics directly. If any. I think the Admin has done a good job of keeping it out.
On the other hand, there is a "current events" forum, and many current events will have general details and facts that may be interpreted as "political", and that's when things get complicated.
Take for example a recent issue. Someone mentioned a particular player was one or other side of the political divide. This was done as an aside. It was not the focus of what was written, and it was not picked up and discussed in detail by others. It was, actually, just another fact. For me, that is not being political. The topic was not politics. No-one discussed a specific party, or member of a party. That is political in only the very broadest of terms, and since it's a single mention, hardly constitutes a problem, imo.
It's only when super-sensitive someones get upset about it that it escalates. The site admin doesn't have a lot of time to work here, so we must all do our best to follow the rules and make the job easier for him. I think that includes the application of common sense by the members.
I can list the following about a mass shooter: Their name, age, place of birth, nationality, gun type used, location of shooting, names of the victims, their injuries, the number of dead, and more. But apparently, having read the guys twitter and facebook pages, we can't mention his political leanings, even in passing. That strikes me as strange, and complainants are just creating work for a very busy admin.
No politics means no discussion of politics. A single mention of a political leaning, with no follow up and as a simple statement of fact, is not a discussion. It is one post, in one thread, as an aside. You've got to have very very thin skin to be bothered by that. IMO. For example, how does one have a discussion about the Israeli war without a political element?
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