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Posted by: Nerd Boi
Again, I said no moderator happened to notice it was political discussion, not that no moderator happened to see the thread at all.
Also, the second thread you linked is nearly four years old. It's utterly irrelevant now. The first thread, while certainly right on the borderline of political discussion, is now being taken out of context -- that thread was a discussion connected to discussions around the "Occupy" movement, which I pointed out at the time was not political but rather, at the time, had no definable goals or purpose whatsoever, much less political. Again, yes, the thread was potentially political, but we left it open due to its non-political context. Also, if I'm remembering correctly (and I think I am), we eventually decided to lock it as political discussion.
On the other hand, I can give you numerous examples of me and other moderators (and DeeJ) saying that discussion of pending and/or proposed legislation is political discussion and thus prohibited.
One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven.
Disagree with our interpretation of the forum rules if you want (I know some people already do). That's what this thread is for. But you can't argue that we have not made it clear for a very long time now that this is how the rule is interpreted. I think it's misleading to link to one or two old, questionable, out-of-context threads and argue that because of them, the enforcement of the rule is now unclear and/or inconsistent.
[Edited on 12.18.2012 12:49 AM PST]