Mods? - Tariff Discussion?

[manchego_eggo]

Hi, please close or move if not appropriate. In the last few days, I've noticed that tariffs in the US have come up in a number of threads and wanted to see if there was mod insight into how appropriate it was to discuss tariffs?

I could see it both ways as the fact that tariffs can greatly affect prices for US consumers (who like myself make a large portion of this forum), and price changes would be largely apolitical, but at the same time, there is a heavy political slant to person proposing the tariffs and their rationale for them, so I thought it best to seek a mod's guidance here.

Thanks mods!

 

[LP Custom]

Oof… tricky one.

Subbed!

 

[cxcxcx]

Be sure to inform yourselves on how tariffs actually work - not how you heard they work or feel they work. IBTL

 

[beaglesandbass]

Unfortunately this is one of those topics that is impossible to keep politics out of.

 

[JenderBazzFass]

It seems like discussion of how it will affect music gear prices is inevitable, and could be discussed matter of factly without being political.

 

[beaglesandbass]

It seems like discussion of how it will affect music gear prices is inevitable, and could be discussed matter of factly without being political.

In the current active thread, 7 posts have been deleted and 6 users banned from replying to the thread, all because of political posts.

 

[LP Custom]

In the current active thread, 7 posts have been deleted and 6 users banned from replying to the thread, all because of political posts.

And now it’s no longer there, so I’m guessing too many cats were pooping in the sandbox. Disappointing, but not a big surprise. My sincere thanks to all the mods for trying to keep things friendly…

 

[gtirard]

And now it’s no longer there, so I’m guessing too many cats were pooping in the sandbox. Disappointing, but not a big surprise. My sincere thanks to all the mods for trying to keep things friendly…

This. Thanks to the mods. Not an easy task, but Talkbass moderation rocks!
(I've been caught once or twice, and each time I realized it was justified and tried to learn my lesson)