Personally, I can take or leave politics discussions, usually on a thread-by-thread basis. I might read the more interesting ones (like the current one about Obama bowing to that one king--which I judge by the subject lines) whenever they pop up, but mostly I just wait until election time. That is the time when I go to them the most, because they help me to slog through all of the information out there about the different candidates, and make it easier for me to decide who has the better ideas about how to go about running the country.
Other than that, I just avoid the political threads.
"You take turns, advise and protect one another, even heal or be healed when the going gets too tough. I know! That's not a game--that's friendship!" ~Shelly Mezzanoble,
Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress: A Girl's Guide to the Dungeons & Dragons Game Darcy\'s Place
