Morgana
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Taxes are a political topic.
Lots of topics that affect people personally are political.
Lots of topics that affect people in both/all parties are political.
It may be a nonpartisan topic, but it's still a political topic.
And it carries all the same risks -- the reasons the forum has a "no politics outside the politics section" rule -- as any other political topic.
One of the risks is that the conversation could get hostile.
Another is that some people make political comments, and others hold back because they're trying to be good forum members, even though they intensely disagree. So the more aggressive or careless commenters end up setting the tone. It's a slippery slope.
There's nothing wrong with a topic being political, and there's nothing wrong with having a politics forum. It's just a different conversation and belongs in a different place.
There are things I don't talk about here because I know the conversation would go political in two minutes, even if I meant it in a different way. I don't feel bad about that, it's just part of being in a forum that has rules to keep it going.
