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<h1 id="no-politics-wip">no politics (wip)</h1>
<h1>no politics (wip)</h1>
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<p>This piece is unfinished and is presented in only partial form.</p>
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<summary><h2>table of contents</h2></summary>
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<li><a href="#prelude">Prelude</a>
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<li><a href="#politics">Politics</a>
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<li><a href="#the-personal-is-political">The Personal is Political</a>
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<li><a href="#what-does-%E2%80%9Cno-politics%E2%80%9D-gain-us%3F">What does “no politics” gain us?</a>
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<li><a href="#easier-moderation">Easier moderation</a>
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<li><a href="#create-a-welcoming%2C-%E2%80%9Cneutral%E2%80%9D-environment">Create a welcoming, “neutral” environment</a>
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<li><a href="#how-do-we-better-achieve-our-goals%3F">How do we better achieve our goals?</a>
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<li><a href="#easier-moderation-1">Easier moderation</a>
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<li><a href="#create-a-welcoming-environment">Create a welcoming environment</a>
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<p>This piece is unfinished and is presented in only partial form.</p>
<h2 id="prelude">Prelude</h2>
<p>5 or so years ago, I’m in a Facebook group. Rather than my usual lefty fare, it was more all-over-the-map; it was focused on socializing, support, and advice for younger employees at my current employer.</p>
<p>Every once and a while, discussion would turn to something like:</p>
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<p>— <a href="https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/combahee-river-collective-statement-1977/" target="_blank" rel="external">Combahee River Collective Statement</a></p>
<p>“The personal is political” and associated political movement is pushback against an insistence on individualizing systemic issues. Crenshaw frames it as a “process of recognizing as social and systemic what was formerly perceived as isolated and individual” (<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1229039" target="_blank" rel="external">Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color by Kimberlé Crenshaw</a>) and it’s <em>vital</em> in our current understanding of things like sexual assault and domestic violence as — forgive me for repeating the word yet again — <em>systemic</em> issues.</p>
<h2 id="what-does-no-politics-gain-us">What does “no politics” gain us?</h2>
<h2 id="what-does-%E2%80%9Cno-politics%E2%80%9D-gain-us%3F">What does “no politics” gain us?</h2>
<p>But why might people institute a “no politics” rule?</p>
<h3 id="easier-moderation">Easier moderation</h3>
<p>A frequent argument that gets made is that “we just don’t have the resources to moderate that.” Regardless of whether it’s right, this is what’s effective and what we have the bandwidth for.</p>
<p>As a frequent moderator, I see the appeal in this. Political discussions can be tense, with high emotions and hard stances. After all, the personal is political - someone may not be speaking of some theoretical risk but to a concrete fear that hangs over their head daily. Members will get invested, and feelings will be hurt.</p>
<h3 id="create-a-welcoming-neutral-environment">Create a welcoming, “neutral” environment</h3>
<h3 id="create-a-welcoming%2C-%E2%80%9Cneutral%E2%80%9D-environment">Create a welcoming, “neutral” environment</h3>
<p>Especially in environments where you want to welcome a large and diverse group of people, the aim should be to make the membership and prospective membership comfortable (possibly while also warding off trolls who want to argue).</p>
<p>For some, &quot;the law isn't about shaping society, it's about who gets punished&quot; (<a href="https://youtu.be/yts2F44RqFw?si=QZMJQWqahdJ4-1Eb&amp;t=452" target="_blank" rel="external">I Hate Mondays by Innuendo Studios</a>). Politics are a method of assigning blame. &quot;No politics&quot; means no one is to blame.</p>
<h2 id="interlude">Interlude</h2>
<p>6 or so months ago, I'm in a Discord server. Rule 1 states that no politics or religion are allowed. Interestingly, it also states that &quot;insults, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and all other discriminatory speech&quot; are not permitted.</p>
<h2 id="how-do-we-better-achieve-our-goals">How do we better achieve our goals?</h2>
<h3 id="easier-moderation-2">Easier moderation</h3>
<h2 id="how-do-we-better-achieve-our-goals%3F">How do we better achieve our goals?</h2>
<h3 id="easier-moderation-1">Easier moderation</h3>
<h3 id="create-a-welcoming-environment">Create a welcoming environment</h3>
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<p>sections</p>
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<p><a href="https://blog.oup.com/2018/11/politics-of-political/" target="_blank" rel="external">Politics of Political</a></p>
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