History Main / BanOnPolitics

* The page quote is from ''Theatre/MyFairLady'', in which Mrs. Higgens advises Henry to enforce a Ban on Politics to avoid unnecessary drama.

* WebVideo/TheCriticalDrinker ''heavily'' advises doing this in his "How To Succeed On [=YouTube=]" video, warning that because it's such a tumultuous topic it's guaranteed to lose you fans, no matter what you say. As if to prove his point, even him skirting the line by complaining about movies for getting too political has been interpreted by some as a political stance on his part and sparked criticism against him for it. As evidenced by Jordan's livestreams, he is a conservative but doesn't like to state it out loud on his main channel.

NoPartyGiven is an application that often crops up in fictional portrayals: the characters may be politically active, but their party affiliation is never specified.

* WebVideo/TheCriticalDrinker ''heavily'' advises doing this in his "How To Succeed On [=YouTube=]" video, warning that because it's such a tumultuous topic it's guaranteed to lose you fans, no matter what you say. As if to prove his point, even him skirting the line by complaining about movies for getting too political has been interpreted by some as a political stance on his part and sparked criticism against him for it.

Around here, we call our version of this the Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment.

* Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon strictly enforces this on both the blog itself and the comment section. Political cartoons like ''ComicStrip/MallardFillmore'' are not reviewed period, and referencing or discussing politics or the aforementioned political comics in comments is a bannable offense. If politics are mentioned in any way, shape, or form, it's just as an obviously [[{{Absurdism}} absurdist]] and exaggeratory joke with no actual comment on real life (e.g., portraying the Keanes from ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' as a cult of unhinged Jonestown-esque religious fundamentalists or [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic jokingly reading extreme sociopolitical/philosophical commentary]] in strips like ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenace'').

* WebVideo/TheCriticalDrinker ''heavily'' advises doing this in his "How To Succeed On [=YouTube=]" video, warning that because it's such a tumultuous topic it's guaranteed to lose you fans, no matter what you say.

* Jim Davis refuses to put any sociopolitical discussion in ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', as it's meant to just be a funny entertainment strip about a fat lazy cat. As explained in his About Me section in ''Garfield Weighs In'':

* WebVideo/TheCriticalDrinker ''heavily'' advises this in his "How To Succeed On [=YouTube=]" video, warning that because it's such a tumultuous topic it's guaranteed to lose you fans, no matter what you say.

* WebVideo/TheCriticalDrinker ''heavily'' advises this in his "How To Succeed On YouTube" video, warning that because it's such a tumultuous topic it's guaranteed to lose you fans, no matter what you say.

Ironically, the opposite of this trope is not too rare either. Meaning it is permissible to talk about ''current'' political events, but against the (written or unwritten) rules to talk about ''general'' political issues. This is likely because if you take a general political topic, like UsefulNotes/{{socialism}} vs. conservatism ([[UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies or other types of ideologies]]), it will often be the same old forum members who come up with the same old arguments that they cannot account for and use them as an excuse to flame each other (or new members who interfere by doing the same or are ganged up on by older members). While with a current political issue, it is often easier to research it thoroughly and have some facts to back your arguments up and there is a fair chance that the discussion will stop once the issue stops being commonly brought up in the media, while the formerly mentioned discussion of socialism vs. conservatism will likely continue as long as humankind is alive. Similarly, debates about concrete issues can be based on concrete facts - general debates tend to be based much more on feelings and philosophical / ideological differences.

* ''Webcomic/ShotAndChaser'': While they allude to the dangers and annoyances of the politicized response to the pandemic Tre and Olly keep cutting themselves off whenever politics come up as they're trying to have "[[{{Tagline}} one good day]]" and thus discussions of politics are off the table.

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'', a Chinese game, disabled player statuses in international servers for the weeks surrounding June 4 in 2021 as a preemptive measure to avoid any mention of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square incident.