I'm not sure about you, but when I read "Listen up, you dumb bastard..." or terrible, offensive comments about Kathy's post on Lady Bird Johnson, I just don't feel like I'm having any fun within a community. I just see hateful comments, dragging their personal politics into a DVD site and having zero respect for any kind of opinion.
Up until now I did not read the Lady Bird topic because I do not know her at all.
But reading it, it confirms my opinion to not to talk about politics outside of politic forums.
I do love to talk about politics, but the discussion can get ugly and personal and therefore I do not discuss it with people with whom I discuss my favourite movie (or any other hobby for that matter) in another thread because these things tend to get mixed up.