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Comment on [Meta] Could we consider avoiding political topics in this community?

Has it been much of a problem? I wouldn’t say I’ve personally seen many at all, at least not enough to consider it an issue anyway. Personally I’d be against such a restriction unless it was dominating all discussion on the community and crowding out other discussion.

I think with political literacy generally being pretty low in the majority of people and the impending American election, there will be people that feel like they have “stupid” questions, and they might not feel comfortable asking in one of the more general politics communities. It does no good to keep people in the dark, especially about politics which pretty much affects everything.

Then the mods would have the messy job of determining what constitutes “political” topics, where no one will draw the same lines as another. What is a fact of life for one person might be an incredibly political topic for another.

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Blaze@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
lemmy.world/post/20833745 “What are some things the GOP can do to delay the presidential election certification?”

lemmy.world/post/20685736 “If Republicans have Project 2025. Why don’t Democrats have their own guide book?”

lemmy.world/post/20598541 “What does a federal ban on price gouging look like?”

lemmy.world/post/20469782 “If Biden wanted to could he have people kill Trump since he is in office and SCOTUS said it was ok?”

lemmy.world/post/20291266“If Trump loses the election and flees to another country to avoid his sentencing in his (multiple) lawsuits, does the Secret Service have to go with him?”

lemmy.world/post/20118805 Is the RNC and DNC monopolies?

To be fair, I thought there were more, probably because some similar questions are posted to !explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world as well.

what constitutes “political” topics

I was mostly targeting “US elections”, I’ll rephrase my post to make it more clear.
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- tobogganablaze@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  So 6 examples over 20 days.
  
  I’d say the answer to “Has it been much of a problem?” would be a clear “No” then.
  
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