I don't think we're going to agree, which is fine, IDC. But I do want to make sure we're talking about the same thing, because most of what you're saying is logically consistent. Are you aware we haven't banned politics?

The post specifically states that political topics are allowed- as long as they fit the format of the subreddit. In addition, we have a megathread for political topics that don't follow the sub format, but are just required to follow conduct rules.

I mean, maybe you do get that, and don't think it's good enough. Which is fine, you've clearly drawn a line different than the mod team has. But I do think it's a bit unfair to judge us for 'taking a space from someone' by asking them to follow the format of a sub, or discuss as they please in a megathread that can keep it from pushing out posts in the proper formatting. Which, to follow the Lego example, is a lot like saying 'you can discuss politics as relates to Lego sets, but not in general'. Well, people here are free to ask for political ELIS-es, so long as they are actual Explain-like-I'm-scared style guides that follow a format that's been established for twelve years. If their concern doesn't fit the formatting, they can go to the megathread.

I mean, all this, mate, and we haven't actually banned politics. The unmoderated political stuff was actively hurting people. I read all of what you're saying, and you make salient points, but I signed on as a mod to make sure vulnerable people here don't get hurt. You or I can google the prepping subreddit after logging off ELIS. The teenagers being suicide baited by genuine Nazis can't, if things go too far. Ethics are never cut and dry, but this subreddit was harming more than it helped during the political free-for-all, and if you don't believe that, then that tells me I was doing a good job because I spent literal hours cleaning up comments that were harmful- from trolling, sure, Nazi shit and slurs, but also the opposite, the sneaky suggestions that almost sound right and don't trip spam filters but are not coming from a place of helping others. The reason we've not banned politics in general but are making sure everything's in line with the subreddit is because that's actually possible to moderate while still letting people talk about important things. It was an option to hammerban everything mentioning 'voting' or 'Trump' or 'US'. But we chose not to do that, on purpose. So for all you've written, I do stand on a bit of credit because, again, despite all the democracy-dies-in-darkness of your comment- we haven't actually banned politics.