Abrego Garcia Was Beaten and Tortured in El Salvador Prison, Lawyers Say

Meta comment: have noticed some posts get flagged. Is it because they are political?

This really isn't the forum for political discussion, so many users here flag political posts. One the one hand, they're trying to keep intelligent discourse from devolving into flamewars, and I very much agree with that. On the other hand, sometimes I want to hear what the crowd here, who I view as far more intelligent than the average internet forum crowd, thinks about these political issues. So I see both sides. I think Dan G is doing a admirable job with riding the line as well as is possible.

>they're trying to keep intelligent discourse from devolving into flamewars

It's very easy to have no flamewars if we don't talk about it at all. Technically correct, but I'm not a big fan of "O(1) performance!" achieved in such way. Optimization is about doing useful work, not avoiding it.

It's a real shame suppression is part of the strategy. Instead, encourage users to 1) be mindful in touchy topics and consider every little word in their post and 2) to ignore those who clearly aren't trying to facilitate a discussion.

> I think Dan G is doing a admirable job with riding the line as well as is possible.

Apathy is submitting in to the status quo. There are plenty of times where I disagree but can understand a status quo that does not benefit me.

This is not one of those times. This status quo is dangerous to everyone.