Goonhub
04-16-2020, 06:49 PM
I'd say 80% of the time, politics chat remains fairly civil and can be carried out without much issue.
The issue is that some people are just incredibly aggressive about it all the time, and consider any attempts to curtail this as an attack on their rights, which also tends to lead into personal attacks on others. When this happens, none of the admins are sure about when to step in because 'this is all politics, I don't want to get involved in it' or 'well, these are topics that are right for someone to get heated about'. I don't think any of the admins have shown themselves to be capable of de-escalating such situations.
The issue is that some people are just incredibly aggressive about it all the time, and consider any attempts to curtail this as an attack on their rights, which also tends to lead into personal attacks on others. When this happens, none of the admins are sure about when to step in because 'this is all politics, I don't want to get involved in it' or 'well, these are topics that are right for someone to get heated about'. I don't think any of the admins have shown themselves to be capable of de-escalating such situations.