I'm not sure from the context whether you mean this board, a politics board, or the politics thread. On either a political board or the politics thread then it's almost a given in this day and age that things are going to be polarized, and not everyone is going to have an intelligent discussion. I've never run into a board yet where everyone is rational and intelligent, and I honestly don't see any way around it. As far as the monger section goes I don't think there should be any politics at all. It's going to be a bad, sad day when sex becomes political.