Yes, we are working on this and hope to find an amicable solution, however, when it comes to polarizing issues, there sometimes aren't any medians that can work well. In those cases, it's up to the participants to put on their big boy/girl panties and deal with it. Running away isn't the answer (Yes it is an answer, but it's not the one we want to see, everyone is a welcomed participant in this forum and we look for your posts every day, this is a family, and like some familes, there can be discord, but we don't want to throw away relationships over things as simple as political "Opinion", as opinion is all that it is, each of us is simply sprouting our own opinion, it's not law, it's not forced compliance, it's simply opinion.
There are some amazing people behind the scenes doing their best, and we have mods/admins from all political views (lefty, righty, progressive, centrist, conservative, libertarian, anarchist). So there is no unilateral one way decisions. These people are doing their absolute level best to find a point where civility meets discussion without allowing for angry rants and personal attacks. There is no single simple answer to keeping the primary mission of this forum going while still allowing for open discussion on topics that can and do impact our daily lives. Believe me when I say, it's not an easy task. But we are working Together, to make it as good as possible for everyone. This will take time. We've experimented with different levels of moderation, and control, and the see-saw between freedom of expression and moderated civility keeps going back and forth, But I believe we are getting closer to a balance.
PLEASE give us more time. Many of the things we do takes days or weeks to find out if it works, or has any major caveats we hadn't considered.
We are trying, we are doing our best, and I truly hope everyone understands that and sticks around. If you must, walk away, just do it for a couple days, or a week or two, then come back and test the waters again. No need to delete accounts and all that.
Thanks for listening
Doc