It's long past time we should stop tolerating the semantic evasion of "anything that I don't like to talk about is political and therefore out of bounds". The

It's long past time we should stop tolerating the semantic evasion of "anything that I don't like to talk about is political and therefore out of bounds". The term itself has been stretched and mutilated to the point of absurdity, and especially any topic that has valid and exhaustive empirical research should be discussed in those terms and not shut down with a big taboo sticker slapped on it. Discussion of the state of the world's climate and humans' effects on it: science. Inventing a bunch of word games, truisms, nonsensical "decorum" rules about discussing factual evidence: political.