[Tadpole9181]

Then don't discuss it? Literally don't click the thread, that's all it takes. Heck, you can even hide it! Why does everyone else have to pretend the world doesn't exist for your sensitivites? Why are a couple of users allowed to entirely dictate what is "authorized" to discuss?

[AnimalMuppet]

The site guidelines dictate what is appropriate to discuss. The site guidelines say that most politics is off-topic. Partly because political conversations turn into... into the kinds of discussions that the political threads here have been turning into.