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What Dwight is alluding to here is that in the past when such discussion was allowed some members became very insulting and hostile towards anyone who disagreed with them, thus creating more work for the moderators in the way of getting bombarded with e-mails complaining about the discussions to having to lock threads and delete posts.
We lost some moderators because of the tension caused by it.

So.
The political and religious discussions are banned.

There are other forums where you can participate in those topics to your hearts content.