slacker03150 posted...
"That's not political. Just because one particular group likes to make science and social denial their political points doesn't mean those things actually are politics."
One of the mods said something to that effect as well (specifically about gay/trans rights), which is just obviously nonsense and boils down to "'political discussion' just means taking a political stance we don't like." Ironically (or not, depending on how strict you want to be about defining "irony"), that's pretty much exactly the same way people complaining about media being "too political" use the term, except they use it as a dog whistle for "black people exist" whereas here it's a dog whistle for "racists exist."