Folks, very recently, as in tonight, a couple members have caused me to ask this question to the forum as a whole:
Do we, or do we not allow politics and religion to be discussed here on this forum?
I am in the "against" camp simply because these two topics are simply too divisive and IMO, there's nothing to be gained in a motorcycle enthusiast community by talking about either, ESPECIALLY the politics one in this day and age.
I frequent Reddit and Twitter and I've seen how nasty politics discussions have tainted entire communities within those social community platforms, and how many people have left or simply gone silent as a result, and I hope for the love of all that is good that doesn't happen here as well!!!
The religion side - I'm personally not as concerned about as I am the politics issue, but I still bring it up since there might be some riders here who are sensitive to the topic.
Anyways, off of my soapbox, what does everyone else think? IMO, I think the moderators should make a standing rule barring politics. Take a look at the link https://www.r18forums.com/threads/i...-yet-or-an-electronic-version.1130/post-21890 on down, including my responses, and then another member's response to my post to see why politics shouldn't be discussed at all...
Mike
Do we, or do we not allow politics and religion to be discussed here on this forum?
I am in the "against" camp simply because these two topics are simply too divisive and IMO, there's nothing to be gained in a motorcycle enthusiast community by talking about either, ESPECIALLY the politics one in this day and age.
I frequent Reddit and Twitter and I've seen how nasty politics discussions have tainted entire communities within those social community platforms, and how many people have left or simply gone silent as a result, and I hope for the love of all that is good that doesn't happen here as well!!!
The religion side - I'm personally not as concerned about as I am the politics issue, but I still bring it up since there might be some riders here who are sensitive to the topic.
Anyways, off of my soapbox, what does everyone else think? IMO, I think the moderators should make a standing rule barring politics. Take a look at the link https://www.r18forums.com/threads/i...-yet-or-an-electronic-version.1130/post-21890 on down, including my responses, and then another member's response to my post to see why politics shouldn't be discussed at all...
Mike