Well the good thing about the BAN is this time there is a banner and it is 100% clear with no exceptions.

Politics pisses people off and so much of the banter is just poisonous to the environment here.

Plus as I understand it there was a huge amount (maybe from just a few people) of unwarranted complaints to the mods in these political threads because fragile weak minded individuals [whoever they are] felt that a good solution to dealing with an was to file a complaint "I'm offended" instead of just closing the thread and moving on.

I totally support someone's right to complain if a post is breaking the rules. Lets use the example or personal attacks or being a racist. But people complain these days for just about anything. TRIGGERED .... welcome to 2018. The internet isn't a safe space. If you don't like something then just move on.

Please don't instigate, like commenting on old threads. It is rude at this point since the ban is in place. You'll probably be sanctioned and it just creates more work for the mods who have to then lock those old threads as they come up.

I wouldn't expect politics to come back. Politics has been banned at least 2 times now and bringing it back the 2nd time didn't work out apparently. I wouldn't expect another chance anytime soon.