Consider it like a ban. The contentiousness is the point, not the subject matter per se. It doesn't have to be politics or religion necessarily - those are just

Consider it like a ban. The contentiousness is the point, not the subject matter per se. It doesn't have to be politics or religion necessarily - those are just the two subjects long considered most inappropriate for tabletime discussion. Few consider this traditional recommendation disenfranchising, or a denial of peoples' individual special snowlake natures. It's just a necessary rule imposed to keep the peace, based on an understanding of how people tend to behave. (And by "tend to", I mean, of course, "basically always".) And when people seem to be voting against discussion of a subject here, you should take it the same way.