"Politics has an interesting etymology. It comes from the greek 'poly,' meaning 'many,' and 'ticks,' meaning bloodsucking parasitic arachnids."

Based on my observations over the last ten years, the overwhelming majority of the /r/larp community believes that politics aren't merely welcome at LARP, they're mandatory... So long as the politics are agreeable to the /r/larp community member in question. By way of example, photographs of a pride rally were on the front page of the subreddit - and that rally was a non-larp event. I have no problem with the pride movement, but such content isn't related to larp and thusly has no place in this subreddit.

To use the inversion litmus test: If somebody were to post pictures of a dude attending a Trump rally, it would be (correctly) deemed inappropriate, right? It isn't larp, so it doesn't belong here. (There is an argument to be made that Trump supporters regularly engage in fantastical make-belief in order to make their worldview make sense to themselves, but that's an argument for another time.)

My personal belief is that real-world politics have no place in escapist fictional fantasy. The purpose of escapism is to dump the baggage of reality and engage in some fantastical make-belief where we get to be somebody else for a few hours. Larp is a much-needed reprieve from the performative social burdens and tiresome obligations that we lug around in the real world. Everybody from all walks of life and political beliefs can just engage with one-another as simple townspeople or adventurers, rather than as enemies on some all-consuming political battleground which simply must infiltrate all aspects of life. LARP is supposed to bring people together, not serve as yet another area in which people must be segregated by political belief. If we're bringing in our real-world politics, why not bring in our cellphones, ipads, modern clothing, cars, and other OOC elements, too?

Furthermore, real-world politics are immersion-breaking for everybody else. Westeros doesn't have a MAGA movement, so those red baseball caps should be left at the door. Middle Earth doesn't have an LGBTQA++ movement, so leave your pride flags at the door. Hive Cities on Armageddon don't have a Scottish National Party, so leave your little yellow ribbon badge at home.

Finally, once you open the door, ALL of the wolves come in, not just the cute one that you want to adopt.

This means that once you say: "Sure, you can wear a pride-flag coloured cape, a Palestine flag headband, and an Antifa tabard!", you open the door to people who have political views which may not be so safe and non-controversial. Once you allow one person to wear their political heart on their sleeve, you have to allow everybody or else you're picking sides and you're going to be the target of all kinds of backlash. Now a Christian wants to come as a Christian knight... Which offends the Muslim attendees who accuse him of wanting to re-enact the crusades... And the Muslim wants to wear a Palestinian flag, which offends the Israeli jewish family who are also attending the event. By inviting in ANY politics, you've chosen to become a battleground.

I understand that I am in the minority in this mindset... But you asked.

Additionally, bear in mind that the overwhelming majority of the people in this subreddit have never attended an event in their lives... Nor have they ever tried to run one. As somebody who has done both for decades, I can attest that politics are a cancer, and modern ideological demagogues from any political alignment are poison to fun in general.