[JoshTriplett]

> What is unignorable? Politics? I can ignore it just fine when I consider it not an appropriate subject.

It's easier to ignore something that largely ignores you. It becomes impossible to ignore something when half the people in it consider your existence an affront to their sensibilities, and those people are inexplicably being listened to.

> Why does every arena have to be about picking a fight, rather than finding common ground?

There exists no common ground when people think other people shouldn't exist. If all those people stop having any influence on the world, perhaps the rest can successfully seek common ground and have reasonable policy discussions.