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Here at bad politics, we point out the the misinformed, the liars, and the downright bizarre in politics and laugh at it. So, in short, this is an rss feed of modern politics.
Now, politics can get heated, especially when we are calling it bad, so some ground rules should be laid:
1: Bad politics transcends political stances and ideology. There is bad politics in favor of and against every political position and ideology and in favor of and against every political proposal. As such, while individuals who participate may have an ideology or political stance, this sub does not. To reflect this, we take the position that no political stance is, in itself, bad politics. As such, any post that is simply expressing a position or ideology will be removed. To qualify for being posted here, it needs to contain factual inaccuracy. This means misrepresenting the other side, twisting facts, using falsehoods, making bad comparisons, making unsubstantiated claims of fact, and believing debates to be settled when they aren't.
1a: All ideologies are welcome, and mocking people, be they the people we point out in this sub or contributors to this sub, in the comments for their ideology or political beliefs is not welcome and will be removed.
2: To discourage violations of rule 1, all posts need to come with an explanation as to why what was posted was bad politics. This need not be long, but should demonstrate where the factual inaccuracy lies and should not include blatant statements of opinion or denigration of any political position or ideology.
3: DO NOT VOTE IN LINKED THREADS. That is a one way ticket to you getting shadowbanned and this sub getting banned. In order to encourage others to follow this rule, please make all links to Reddit threads non-participation links. (This is achieved by replacing the "www" in them with "np".) Commenting in linked threads is OK.
4: Don't be an ass while commenting. Insulting other commenters isn't acceptable. Nor is racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. If you are considering saying something that breaks this rule, keep it to yourself. If you can't keep it to yourself, start a blog. It is just as unacceptable to send someone a PM that breaks this rule in response to something they said in this sub as it is to reply with a comment breaking that rule.
5: Not everything related to politics that is wrong is bad politics. If it contains factual inaccuracies about historical events, it belongs in /r/BadHistory. If it contains factual inaccuracies about science, it belongs in /r/BadScience. It is fine to post things that contain bad history, bad science, or other bad things as long as it also contains incorrect statements about politics (see rule 1).
If you break the rules, the post or comment or post in question will be removed until it is amended to comply with the rules. Repeated or egregious violations of the rules will result in a ban.
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