Political content doesn't mean political discussion

[realEnglish]

I'm not in favor of political commentary of any kind. One, there are places for that. Two, the discussion can quickly get out of hand.

(As it is some posters seem to assume that everybody agrees with their opinion.)

And three, some users would be hurt even if it's just a language question. Four, the political contents can be easily made unpolitical. You only need to ask "If I say ..., is it correct" without mentioning any political figures or parties.

[SoothingDave]

It is true that Trump randomly capitalizes words when he Tweets.

It is also true that capitalizing "People" can be a reference to the People capitalized in the first three words of the US Constitution. "We the People"

[Piscean]

You only need to ask "If I say ..., is it correct" without mentioning any political figures or parties.

We ask members to give the source and author/writer of anything they ask about. It's important that we stick to that.

[emsr2d2]

We ask members to give the source and author/writer of anything they ask about. It's important that we stick to that.

I agree, and the source can be posted in a link for users to read if they wish to. I don't think there's a need to post irrelevant parts of quotes or tweets, or to give screenshots of them.

[Tarheel]

And three, some users would be hurt even if it's just a language question. Four, the political contents can be easily made unpolitical. You only need to ask "If I say ..., is it correct" without mentioning any political figures or parties.

First, I am not at all sure why anybody would be hurt by a language question. Second, it's political content.

[realEnglish]

First, I am not at all sure why anybody would be hurt by a language question.

I still remember an article (but can't remember where it is now) saying Winston Churchill sacrificed some troops unnecessarily, and later the survivors found out and they hated Churchill so much that they couldn't even hear his name.

Imagine one of the survivors becomes a forum user and he sees a thread asking about a quote from Churchill.

That's just an example.

Personally, I go to political forums to talk about politics and avoid anything sounding political in other forums.

[kadioguy]

If so, the moderator should delete the particular, political argument post, rather than the whole thread. A thread can be used for future references once the question in it gets solved. Simply closing the thread would be another choice.

I found that it should have been "for future reference" (uncountable).

[Tarheel]

Try:

He got upset when he heard his (Churchill's) name.

[Rover_KE]

I have undeleted the thread in question with the screenshot removed.

[Charlie Bernstein]

It is true that Trump randomly capitalizes words when he Tweets.

It is also true that capitalizing "People" can be a reference to the People capitalized in the first three words of the US Constitution. "We the People"

I didn't read that as a quote of the Constitution. And the Constitution was written in the eighteenth century, when (a) there were no guidelines for when to use capitals and (b) writers tended to capitalize a lot of things, especially nouns.

What was correct then isn't necessarily correct now.