Trump’s Secret Police goes rogue in Portland

[CaptRenault]

IMHO just save yourself the hassle and close down the whole Politics & Religion forum.

I agree that MERB would be better off without this politics/religion forum. It's hard to completely ban discussions that touch on political questions, but I think it's possible to ban general discussions of purely political topics such as presidential politics, racial politics, tax policy etc. The mods, who deserve a lot of credit for the challenging, unpaid labor that they contribute to MERB, would be relieved of the burdensome task of moderating political discussions.

However, i do think we should be able to discuss the political aspect of questions and controversies directly related to sex, such as the politics of prostitution, laws, policies and behaviors directly related to sex and news stories directly related to sex. There are several such threads in the lounge and I think that they are much less divisive than the purely political threads in this forum.

Let's keep the focus of MERB on sex and get away from all the other topics that tend to divide us rather than unite us. As clients of the sex industry we are already viewed as outcasts by a significant segment of society--so we could certainly use more unity in our ranks. The politics/religion forum serves mainly to divide us. If you want to discuss those things, go to Reddit, Twitter, Facebook or any of a thousand other sites.

 

[Fradi]

Unfortunately the current Covid crisis has become completely political especially in the US and this also is the largest influence on the sex market today as well.
It is almost impossible to be able to separate the two issues and how can you not touch on the most important issue in the world today when it effects all of us.

 

[CaptRenault]

Unfortunately the current Covid crisis has become completely political especially in the US and this also is the largest influence on the sex market today...
It is almost impossible to be able to separate the two issues...

It's impossible for progressives to separate the Covid crisis from politics. They have used it almost from the start as a club to beat Trump over the head with the issue no matter what he says or does. They should be directing their anger at China and its communist rulers, but I think progressives are grateful to the Chinese communists for giving them a virus that ruined the prosperous Trump economy and gave them a good chance of electing Biden.

It's possible to discuss the effect of the Covid crisis on the sex industry without injecting politics into the discussion, but not for those who suffer from Trump derangement syndrome.

 

[Sol Tee Nutz]

IMHO just save yourself the hassle and close down the whole Politics & Religion forum. It is not like there is a drougth of places where people can scream at each other.
It does not belong here.

Just do not open the political section and you will be saved.