There is a tendency to downvote articles and commentaries with a political subtext with a remark on how politics is the mind-killer. I completely understand that nobody wants his mind to be killed, however, I disagree on the employed methods.
I don't think many people are worried about their mind being killed as much as the community being damaged.
I don't think many people are worried about their mind being killed as much as the community being damaged.
People who are rational enough to not laugh about superhuman intelligences threatening galactic civilizations, who are not angered by a bunch of hardcore atheists, will likely be able to consider arguments rather than being driven away by the political affiliation of some members.
There is a tendency to downvote articles and commentaries with a political subtext with a remark on how politics is the mind-killer. I completely understand that nobody wants his mind to be killed, however, I disagree on the employed methods. I don't think anybody can really afford to ignore politics. It's a fact about any group of even a handful of people. Thus instead of shunning politics I think it's better to build one's rational defenses. Understanding that politics is a problem is only the first step. If you stop there, there will always be a big part of life where you are not rational. Therefore I suggest that, as long as it doesn't get out of hands, there should always be room for political discussions if not on the main site at least in the discussion section.