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This isn't science; it's a political meme. I know you're a mod, but this breaks rule 2 (it is not on topic for a science community).
Political and scientific are not, in fact, mutually exclusive
There's an intersection of politics and science and this isn't anywhere close to it. Meme about research funding or the astroturfed anti-intellectualism fucking our progress on vaccinations.
This is just a milquetoast leftist tagline with some science words stapled to it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_science
Didn't say that they are.
This is clearly both botanical and political. And if a mod is posting it, it would fit within the spirit of the rule intended.
"mods are always right" is an insane take
That's par for the course with Deceptichum
"Well when the president does it, that means that it's not illegal."
Mods know what their rules mean is a pretty basic take.
If mods know what their rules mean, they could describe them more clearly so it doesn’t become a philosophical debate.
For example, “Zero politics allowed”, or “No politics without science as the main theme”.
No.