I am all for you speaking your mind. There are appropriate places to go all over the Internet to debate the political minutia ad infinitum.
Inevitably, the discussion breaks down to crap like this:

the right wing a=s=ol=s broke the truce.

When comments like this appear, you begin to subconsciously divide posters into those you think are a=s=ol=s and those you think are friends.
I don't think you or I need that......we get that all day everywhere else.

For me, I don't read anything with a NCR/Political header. I read the rules, I know what can/cannot be posted. You should, however also use common sense and know what should/should not be posted.

A fellow chipper (you know who you are) once told me "A smart person knows the answer. The wise person knows when not to say it."

That being said, I will say no more!