Look, I get it. The gargantuan shit-show that is U.S. politics and the American descent into fascism is on everyone’s minds. It’s certainly on mine.
But the point of this community is to highlight weird news stories that make you go, “By golly, I thought I was reading a headline from The Onion. You know, America’s finest news source.” A lot of stories being posted lately don’t even remotely fit that.
That doesn’t mean political stories aren’t allowed here, but they must have headlines that would make people pause and wonder if it’s a story from The Onion. Straight up regular, non Onion-y headlines don’t fit.
I have to say, there have been a few political stories where I’ve genuinely wondered.
But you’re right, it’s mostly whingeing.
To be fair some of said stories genuinely could have been onion articles… In what sane world would we deport a 4 year old resident with cancer? How is that an actual headline? The times this year I’ve had to double check is astonishing.
Some people are above politics, politics are for people who care and feel invested in society and want to help plan for a better future. This sub is basically satirical in nature and politics offer a vast resource in providing entertainment and education. Give the people what they want and maybe we can go back to making fun of the kardasians once again , but only after they are out of office. DJT is a kid diddler and mega is a violent fascist movement, we have masked men grabbing people off the streets and throwing them into poorly ran camps. How can this place joke about not being the onion while being the onion while banning political humor on the grounds that political humor is not funny? WTF this place is dead right?