alt Hacker NewsInquiry: what do you define as politics?
Example: is a trans person in your community political for using their preferred pronouns? Going to their preferred bathroom? Is a gay person political for mentioning their same sex spouse? Is an immigrant political for discussing their immigration process (“sorry can’t make it I have an apt with the embassy”)? Is tits or gtfo political?
I’m not trying to be contrarian this is simply my experiences running like a board game group or something. It’s easy to say no politics but then someone’s normal (eg. My name is Helen, where’s the woman’s restroom?) can cause someone to refuse (“that is clearly a man”!) and now you have a mess on your hands as an organizer.
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For me personally the line is crossed when you start making judgments.
Having an appointment with the embassy is not political. Saying the government shouldn’t force people to go to the embassy is.
Politics in groups is like pornography
You can't define it but you know it when you see it
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Maybe it starts when some people start to apply some power on other people ? But all your examples are people talking about themselves : their own lives, their own choices, their own specifics, their own struggles. I would say people can have all this and mention it as long as it stays on the fringe and does not become a topic to debate. This would be outside the scope of the group.
Maybe other people should avoid commenting on peoples life / choices / specifics / struggles, and the atmosphere may stay nice.