Current Events > First, they got rid of the Politics board, now they got rid of the Politics tag.

(+) Yeah! (+)

I fucking wish we weren't allowed to discuss politics at all

How would that even work?

"Starship Troopers is an awesome film. I love the way that it's just a bunch of people blasting bugs. No commentary."

How would that even work?

"Starship Troopers is an awesome film. I love the way that it's just a bunch of people blasting bugs. No commentary."

I fucking wish we weren't allowed to discuss politics at all

I think not being able to talk about Starship Troopers would be a sacrifice I'd be willing to make in exchange for not having to see the exact same "Are you voting for Trump or Biden?" poll topic five times every week from now until November.

People always default to these kind of examples but we know there is a big difference between discussing a movie plot, or a game plot that involves politics within that story (which will still be allowed) than just the people who post articles about Biden or Trump or some member of Congress and just want to argue about democrats or republicans.

You can't discuss Star Wars without politics, classic or modern. Or Star Trek. Or Planet of the Apes. Or Captain America. The character's name is literally political.

How would that even work?

"Starship Troopers is an awesome film. I love the way that it's just a bunch of people blasting bugs. No commentary."

I think not being able to talk about Starship Troopers would be a sacrifice I'd be willing to make in exchange for not having to see the exact same "Are you voting for Trump or Biden?" poll topic five times every week from now until November.

Also, CE is the only social board that got rid of the "Politics" tag (the others all still have it), yet we're the only one allowed to talk politics
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/explore/6-social-boards

Yeah I'd have preferred they made just 261 private and then banned politics sitewide. They didn't need to ruin both boards.

Also, CE is the only social board that got rid of the "Politics" tag (the others all still have it), yet we're the only one allowed to talk politics
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/explore/6-social-boards

lmao

I think not being able to talk about Starship Troopers would be a sacrifice I'd be willing to make in exchange for not having to see the exact same "Are you voting for Trump or Biden?" poll topic five times every week from now until November.

I fucking wish we weren't allowed to discuss politics at all

Couldn't you not click into those topics?

Or alternatively ask for a 'mute topic titles with this word in it' feature?

People always default to these kind of examples but we know there is a big difference between discussing a movie plot, or a game plot that involves politics within that story (which will still be allowed) than just the people who post articles about Biden or Trump or some member of Congress and just want to argue about democrats or republicans.

Respectfully, I think you're being facetious. There's a clear and obvious difference between discussing themes in media and topics directly discussing current US politcs/elections, especially when topics sometimes seem intentionally divisive.

I don't like the change and don't think it should have happened (I simply don't engage with topics I don't want to read or be involved in, like a grown adult), but it's not hard to infer the intent behind the change.

You can say things like "lightsabers are cool" or "I enjoyed the fight with the rancor." Pretty much anything else has a measure of subtext to it whether it wants to be addressed or not. Even asking a question like "What will the Empire do in the next movie? Or, if there's no Empire, who will the new enemy be?" could leave someone biting their lip to try and avoid saying anything political.

The first Star Wars movie had the Empire ignoring the intergalactic council. Maybe the next prequel will have their own version of 1/6 showing the early warning signs of fascism. But that's political. Even the famed Darth Vader twist could be argued to have political undertones as it represents an age gap: the 1940-1950s generation that were in support of war and the 1960s-1970s generation that opposed it. The Rebel symbol (and the concept of a rebel is political) is a cross between the Fleur-de-lis and the peace symbol.

It's like having a fight with an elephant and not being allowed to comment on what the elephant represents. You can't even get into hypotheticals about where the series goes from here because those choices are likely to be predicated on some measure of politics. "I bet the next Star Wars movie is a bunch of laser fights in space with no overtones."

mfw it was literally politics and hornyposting that killed this board

You can't discuss Star Wars without politics, classic or modern. Or Star Trek. Or Planet of the Apes. Or Captain America. The character's name is literally political.

Also, CE is the only social board that got rid of the "Politics" tag (the others all still have it), yet we're the only one allowed to talk politics
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/explore/6-social-boards

So, no hornyposting, no politics, and CE is exclusive to those who are already here?

How long before they shutdown the message boards altogether? Six months? A year?