[chrisk]

Speaking only for myself, I tend to respond primarily to invitations from users. If I'm the first one to think things are veering off track, I will usually post a reminder in the relevant thread. In the case of the one I closed earlier today, multiple users flagged it. 

And remember: no one is being warned or banned - the thread is just being shut down.

But when we start talking about White Supremacy and how many KKK members there are in the U.S., we definitely, definitely have veered off track from anything plausibly related to COVID-19....

I appreciate that’s its difficult.

Actually, I'm not sure it's all that difficult.  Blaming Trump for every bad thing that has ever happened, is happening, or will happen isn't political, it's ... science!  Conversely, suggesting that some cause other than Trump might possibly factor into any bad thing that has happened, is happening, or will happen is simply political, and manifestly anti-scientific.

Seems pretty clear...

The problem is that Trump has "politicized" aspects of his job that traditionally have called for appeals for bipartisanship. That has been absent recently.

[chrisk]

Speaking only for myself, I tend to respond primarily to invitations from users. If I'm the first one to think things are veering off track, I will usually post a reminder in the relevant thread. In the case of the one I closed earlier today, multiple users flagged it. 

And remember: no one is being warned or banned - the thread is just being shut down.

But when we start talking about White Supremacy and how many KKK members there are in the U.S., we definitely, definitely have veered off track from anything plausibly related to COVID-19....

I appreciate that’s its difficult.

Actually, I'm not sure it's all that difficult.  Blaming Trump for every bad thing that has ever happened, is happening, or will happen isn't political, it's ... science!  Conversely, suggesting that some cause other than Trump might possibly factor into any bad thing that has happened, is happening, or will happen is simply political, and manifestly anti-scientific.

Seems pretty clear...

The problem is that Trump has "politicized" aspects of his job that traditionally have called for appeals for bipartisanship. That has been absent recently.