1. US people have the unique trait of not shutting the fuck up about their politics online
  2. getting rid of US politics will also get rid of most non-US politics due to all political conversation eventually ending up US politics conversations due to the above point
    • it would also be a nice indicator to those who are willing to read the room
  3. singling out US politics instead of a blanket “no politics” rule cleverly avoids the problem of “but what is/everything is political” debates that are just waiting to take over from the politics debates themselves
  4. election year or something idk I’m not from there

obviously this does not apply to communities whose explicit purpose is to talk politics

the internet is losing places for creatures to be silly little meow meows :3 in peace, and we need to do something, literally anything, about it

  • @andrewta@lemmy.world
    6•5 months ago

    I think as long as the politics is kept to a minimum (US or otherwise) it’s not really a problem. If it becomes a reasonably large portion of the posts then yes ban it in most communities. But it should really be done one a community by community basis.

    • ShittyKopper [they/them]OP
      7•5 months ago

      the thought behind banning it and explicitly allowing “US acceptable zones” is so we can shove all US discussions there and let people talk other things in peace, and those who want to talk US politics can go and mess shit up there, far away from the rest of us who just want to chill and be silly in peace :3

      doing it on a “case by case basis” does not help when the intent behind the hypothetical rule is to enact a Lemmy wide change in the atmosphere of the platform

      • @Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world
        7•5 months ago

        As an American Im totally offended and I agree we should do this but I also need politics injected directly into my veins to survive so you are also a terrorist and killing me by doing this. Our country should stop you from doing this by taking over your country and pretending there’s no oil there. Also we can threaten you with an orange man.

        But yes its an election year for us and I already need a break. Seriously just lock me in a padded room with no media access please thank you.