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Originally Posted by anonjohn
I've wondered about this too. My life is not all porn! and I also like to think and talk about RL. I have been in a few threads here which have been deleted or closed for getting too heated/political. It would have the advantage of containing our non-sexual urges.
But, looking at other porn sites where there is a General Discussion area; you get the usual back and forth as news sites, Twitter, Facebook, Reddit etc.. The danger is that many people unconsciously feel that because they share the same erotic interests and tastes with a fellow member, they emotionally assume that they will not be diametrically opposed to them on some political or social issue - and that can come as a nasty shock.
The political animus can spill over into the porn co-operation area. eg we have a heated discussion on say Trump, abortion, vaccination, "woke", Brexit, immigration, Russian propaganda, atheism ... and later, on a main thread, you ask for more information/pics on an erotic matter (which I have and other don't). Will I be as friendly as I was before our debate where we called each other idiots and share the pics/info?
I wonder if the relative friendliness and cooperation here is, in part, because we aren't allowed to discuss politics or religion - only sex.
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You make some good points. I am admin on another forum that is nearing 500,000 members. I just looked and we are a little under 25,000,000 posts. It is a forum that is somewhat political in nature as in people that are interested enough to spend time on a forum devoted to what it is devoted to tend to lean strongly in a certain political direction. That said, we still have fighting over some of the examples you give. Even as locked down as we are here bad blood sometimes boils. I had someone blast me via PM last year for an observation I made based on my experience as a paramedic in terms of COVID.
I would love to be able to discuss more but am not sure how to keep it from getting political.