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Originally Posted by echoes long ago
it is very frustrating not being able to talk about politics in a topic , social security disability, where politics is everything to it, from staffing levels to handle claims, to the number of alj's, to degree of difficulty to get on ssdi, to congress people who should be contacted to look into a delay in claim or payment,to cost of living increases, to potential or advocated cuts, ad infinitum. these are all political decisions. this particular section of neuro talk should have the no politics rule eased.
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Discussing politics is not the problem as much as getting into
partisan arguments. We don't have rules saying NO POLITICS!, only that the discussion should be very *limited*. So you can still discuss
the issues without disrespecting any specific politician or party.
During the 08 elections, we relaxed the rules for a while and there were battles on many forums where those who are usually friends were going for each other and our inbox full of reported posts for flaming etc.
So again, discussing the politics of the issue is not prohibited....it is becoming *partisan*, disrespecting a specific politician or party, or potentially starting a political argument that is not ok