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Today I replied to a thread about preparing for global crop failures. It was not a stand alone post, and while it mentioned government, there was nothing inherently political in it. I got a notification that it was blocked and I would have to pay to start a new thread in the cider press.
I have edited the post, but have no idea if it will be allowed through, because it wasn’t clear to me what was wrong in the first place. Is there some kind of automatic trigger if the word “government” is mentioned? I assumed that my opinion that “having food stores is something a government should do” was the problem, and took it out.
I am not opposed to there being limits on what can be said, and I realize that “my house, my rules” applies. But I would like some clarification on what the rules actually are, because I haven’t been able to figure out how I have run afoul of them both today and in the past - I have seen other posts with the same key words left up, and haven’t been able to find a pattern.
I realize I could bypass this by paying, but I don’t think my thoughts are so fabulous that I need to pay to share them
 
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LIna,
I think the trigger words in your post were "trust the government" Posts can explode with some government topics. I have shared a piece of pie so you can now explore Cider Press access.
 
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Mentioning the government can become a hot topic as someone responds to your post. Then someone else replies which can cause off-topic conversations. Also discussing the government could be troll bait.

I believe discussing the government is associated with politics.

Permies.com is about practical things we can do to make the world a better place using permaculture, but we do allow political discussion in the cider press.

You may discuss the government all you want in the Cider Press without being censored.

It takes apples and pie to respond or create topics in that forum.

If people want to talk about GMO's, herbicides, politics, religion they really need to find someplace else.



https://permies.com/t/17422/permies-publishing-standards

https://permies.com/wiki/34193/permies-works-links-threads

https://permies.com/t/31128/category-cider-press
 
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Ok thanks - I hadn’t remembered using “trust the government” in my post, and certainly hadn’t meant to convey that. Good to know for the future.
Thanks for the pie. It will be nice to be able to respond to a topic there if it comes up.
 
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