Aleh
Destroyer of Faith in Humanity
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Might want to avoid that part. Even satire and mocking can provoke people to respond to it, to defend their pet politics, so that is banned too.
Aaaaand my concerns are right back.I've said it before, no. No real current politics, even with a thin coat of fiction. If it can be recognized as such, then answer is no.
No, really. They'd been largely addressed, but this again changes things.
Politics is everywhere in various ways. This has the effect of effectively banning pretty much any realistic depiction of life in modern times. That's a very bad thing for a fiction board, especially one specifically created to give us a place to write without having to police ourselves.
The average character will have political views and opinions about current issues. They will inform his or her behavior and relationships. Forbidding any involvement of politics is... beyond absurd. Yes, that includes the "current" codicil -- just for a simple example, imagine me trying to write a character getting pregnant under these rules, especially if they're not sure they want to keep the baby.
On top of this, it's becoming rather clear that the mods have no real agreement between them as to what this rule actually means. That means that enforcement will likely be inconsistent at best, and so the most expansive interpretations will effectively rule the day (plus, well, chilling effect).
Throw in the fact that the rule wasn't created in response to any sort of issue in the story threads, and you start to see why I increasingly think that it's an overbroad rule created as a kneejerk reaction to an admittedly real problem. I am increasingly reminded of an old legal maxim which applies here.