1) It's not about opening political threads, it's about having to read political BS in NON-POLITICAL threads that are in NPR, but you can only view those non-political threads by going to NPR.
2) The point all the "regulars" are missing is that if you move political stuff to a political forum you can go to town on each other and who gives a shit. Be racist if you want, call each other names, I could care less and I would probably go in there just to irritate some people, but that's what THAT forum would be for. But without a separate political forum everyone has to watch what they say everywhere, hell, I was banned for calling someone a dickhead? Give them the space and let them have fun and the anyone who doesn't want to go there doesn't have to but still has a place to visit to see what their AZB buddies do outside of pool.
3) Did you just accuse me of being racist? I sure hope not.
4) Again, if you want to talk about pool and politics only, then good luck. In today's world there are a million ways to "socialize" and if people don't like what they see they will simply walk away. It's not the squawkers you need to worry about, it's the quiet ones. Those are the ones that kill your business.