The last ban wave, I assume, was due to their “No politics“ rule. Which, to be fair, I can see the reasoning behind. It’s a very violate topic, especially lately, and while I agree that no one said anything out of line, it seems like one of those rules that they have to enforce harshly because if they allow the topic to be discussed, it almost always eventually ends up in a very heated circular discussion.
That being said, as more and more aspects of everyday life apparently become “political issues”, the banning of such discussions would eventually lead to the absence of all off-topic discussion. The Chik-Fil-A post is a prime example of that. When I first posted it, politics was the last thing on my mind. I just thought it was a very weird idea that had almost no chance of success and wanted to see if others had a reasonable explanation. The initial answer was pushing far-right propaganda, which it could very well be, given Chik-Fil-A’s previous history, but Dave also provided the answer of tax manipulation, which also makes sense. And has nothing to do with politics.