Adding to this as my thoughts have had some time to come into focus, especially in response to other opinions on this matter: what counts as political to you? What are your sincerely held beliefs about how people should be/deserve to be treated? About which voices get heard and which get silenced? It feels like a lot of the people saying “hard no,” are people who are already heard.

For some people, my very existence is political. I straight up do not get to take a break from that, even if I minimize the way I present outwardly in an attempt to stay safe. I’m not saying have lessons about this…….but………..I think the way you respond to “what counts as political” is going to shift the culture of this site one way or another. It is ultimately your decision as to which way it goes.