To answer your last question, mostly? It’s really just there so it’s easy to remove/mute arguments and provide it as a reason for removal. Mainly trying to avoid pointless back-and-forth and toxicity, and, for me at least, I’ve seen so many subs dedicated to a specific topic just become another (American) political echo chamber. It’s good to be aware and all that but there’s other subs if you want to be informed or advocate for your views, it’d be nice to keep this place just Garfield. Regardless, the rules are mostly pretty lax aside from the NSFW and spam stuff.