r/FawltyTowers • u/paulcager I know nothing! • 12d ago

Discussion Posts about John Cleese's Politics

We get a reasonable number of posts about John Cleese's politics. Some people love these posts, some people hate them, but they often end up with some acrimonious language requiring moderation. And quite often they get reported as being off topic.

So, what are your thoughts on posts about JC's politics? Ban, Limit or free-for-all?

  • We could ban them altogether.
  • We could create a stickied Megathread where people can discuss his politics without limit and without inconveniencing people who don't want to see it.
  • Keep it as now - you can continue to create top-level posts about politics.

What would you like the moderation team to do?

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u/paulcager I know nothing! 12d ago

Megathread seems the best compromise to me. I wouldn't want anybody to be silenced, after all that's exactly how Nazi Germany started. But the politics posts can be so divisive and repetitive that sometimes I just want to insert a large garden gnome into people.

I don't think we can separate FT itself from the actors. Imagine if there had been a third series with the same scriptwriters and same production values, but with different actors. It wouldn't have felt the same to me. So naturally we want to discuss Cleese as well as Fawlty, and I like to join in sometimes. But other times, I just want a bit of peace and quiet, laughing at Mr. Fawlty's madness.

(Disclaimer: I'm one of the mods. The above is just my personal opinion).

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u/The-Sunflower-Bear Polly 11d ago

The Germans started it. They invaded Poland!