That is what happens. Someone is looking for a ML forum to join. First thing they see is every "Whats New" "Latest Post" coming back as a political rant. Hardly a ML related post in the list. That guy is Jon's (staff member) dad and Jon does nothing about it even though he dont allow politics on other forums.
On the Traditional Forum you got to be a member or maybe even a "supporter" to access that section. We considered having a "Opt-In" off topic section but decided against it. Ive see this on my state hunting forum and all it did was create members that rag on each other all the time. Eventually it spills over into the rest of the forum......Im quite happy to keep my conservative view points to myself on this forum. Please do the same regardless of which side you lean.