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 > the total complex of relations between people living in society

-is how [Merriam-Webster defines politics](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/politics){target="_blank" rel="external"}. It is not the only definition, and it is not the first definition, but it’s nicely non-circular and doesn’t get us bogged down in what is and isn’t government policy.
+is how [Merriam-Webster defines politics](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/politics). It is not the only definition, and it is not the first definition, but it’s nicely non-circular and doesn’t get us bogged down in what is and isn’t government policy.

 That might be a more expansive definition than what you’re used to. Let’s take a detour.

@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ The idea that “the personal is political” has been around since second-wave

 > A political contribution which we feel we have already made is the expansion of the feminist principle that the personal is political.

-— [Combahee River Collective Statement](https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/combahee-river-collective-statement-1977/){target="_blank" rel="external"}
+— [Combahee River Collective Statement](https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/combahee-river-collective-statement-1977/)

-“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” ([Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color by Kimberlé Crenshaw](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1229039){target="_blank" rel="external"}) and it’s *vital* in our current understanding of things like sexual assault and domestic violence as — forgive me for repeating the word yet again — *systemic* issues.
+“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” ([Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color by Kimberlé Crenshaw](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1229039)) and it’s *vital* in our current understanding of things like sexual assault and domestic violence as — forgive me for repeating the word yet again — *systemic* issues.

 ## What does “no politics” gain us?

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ As a frequent moderator, I see the appeal in this. Political discussions can be

 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).

-For some, "the law isn't about shaping society, it's about who gets punished" ([I Hate Mondays by Innuendo Studios](https://youtu.be/yts2F44RqFw?si=QZMJQWqahdJ4-1Eb&t=452){target="_blank" rel="external"}). Politics are a method of assigning blame. "No politics" means no one is to blame.
+For some, "the law isn't about shaping society, it's about who gets punished" ([I Hate Mondays by Innuendo Studios](https://youtu.be/yts2F44RqFw?si=QZMJQWqahdJ4-1Eb&t=452)). Politics are a method of assigning blame. "No politics" means no one is to blame.

 ## Interlude

@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@ notes
 - there are ways to limit how "no politics" gets deployed: make specific rules against shutting down people talking about their lived experience, avoid backseat modding becoming the norm
 - there are ways to limit your definition of "politics" so that you can more carefully delineate what you are trying to avoid, though I would be wary of this route - the fact is that a No Politics rule, no matter how well reasoned, may read as a red flag for a marginalized person

-[Politics of Political](https://blog.oup.com/2018/11/politics-of-political/){target="_blank" rel="external"}
+[Politics of Political](https://blog.oup.com/2018/11/politics-of-political/)