True, but it's a perceived source of power/prestige for the mods. A bit of abuse from time to time.
It's well known that political threads can be found here. It has been that way for years. It's not like the Moderators hide the threads. When they move a thread, they always provide a replacement thread telling people that it has been moved.
I think their job is not easy, and I respect the way they go about doing it. I will give the Moderators the highest possible compliment. Their work is "predictable". If someone posts something informative, but off topic, the thread stays. If someone posts something overtly political, the thread takes the Siberian Express. The rules are consistent, and applied equally, regardless of which side politicizes the debate.
To be honest, I wish that happened in more places. Sports is a place where we can all agree (or at least disagree civilly), whereas politics has increasingly become a place we can never agree. As a Libertarian, I agree with almost all people sometimes, but not all the time, and disagree at times with almost all people as well. I find that nothing constructive comes from most political discussions anymore, as there is too much disagreement on both sides. Thus, let's stick to sports on the sports boards, and let's expect that when politics gets involved, Siberia will be the destination.
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ― Epictetus
Last Edited: 7/19/2020 9:10:01 AM by L.C.