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Dago said

I'm sorry but crap like this is why we can't have discussion of basic events in here. This thread literally just got unlocked with the caveat that it not get political and you can't just follow that one rule? There are tons of forums out there to discuss politics....there is no need to violate the rules of EE

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The owners of the board can run it however they like and everyone else can try their best to abide or leave.

But when politics infuses things like the global climate and basic vaccines, it's not a simple rule to follow. I get the goal of trying to eliminate the caustic rhetoric and personal attacks that come with politics. But there's functionally no difference in saying "x politician is terrible" and "the Saints are terrible," because both are attacks to a tribalist's fundamental sense of self and identity. Triggers the same part of the brain.