A moratorium on political posts

Posted by Coordinator on July 03, 2004 at 17:21:29

The coordinators of this site have decided to call a moratorium on political arguments. Discussions about Michael Moore's film and posts for and against George Bush have gone on long enough. While daily arguments may have helped inform us that there are two sides to any issue, this board has now become dominated by political arguments.

The posts from both left and right represent people's passionate feelings and are legitimate expressions of who they now are, having come out from under the mind control of the cult. But to continue posting almost exclusively about politics transforms the mandate of this board. Consider new posters who have just come out of the Family or come across this site for the first time looking for cult-related discussions. If all they find are pro-con arguments that they could find on hundreds of other political boards then we are not meeting the needs of our target audience.

This present topic has become polarized to the point that moderate posters who identify neither with the left nor the right can hardly post without getting hit by both sides. New posters who come here trying to sort out their cult experience end up being too overwhelmed by strong personalities to even post.

We have therefore decided to put a lid on political arguments for now. We may open the board to such discussions again a week before the elections.