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Originally Posted by Bearcat
DC has been around since 2004 and people were complaining about politics for a while before that. People inserting politics into everything is a 15+ year problem.
The ability to boot people from specific threads, OTOH, is relatively new (~5 years, maybe), as well as the number of people who insert politics into everything and probably the level of vitriol.
And with that, the level of frustration with it for fifteen years leads to enforcing this one rule.
I'm personally glad we've evolved over 2 decades while largely still being the same site... people who were in their 20s when the site was created are now in their 40s, and I'd certainly hope they've changed a bit, too. It's not like it's reddit or most other boards out there these days... it's still very much almost anything goes, just like 20 years ago (adding new rules to what was around 15+ years ago is very rare).
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It's hard not to insert politics into MF threads because politics has oozed into every aspect of our lives. From the management/mismanagement of covid, mask madness, the economy, entertainment - you name it. You can lose your ****ing job now for having non-approved opinions voiced completely outside the workplace. These tax happy, freedom hating, micro-triggered ****s have their tentacles in everything. You no longer have to be right wing to be annoyed by it; just sane.
Christ, they're going after Dr. Seuss now. DR. SEUSS. Try to wrap your mind around that one.