rule #1: don't read political threads
rule #2: if you do read a political thread, don't post in it
rule #3: if you do post, try not to insult anybody personally
rule #4: if you do end up insulting someone, don't get in a back-and-forth flame war
rule #5: if you do get in a flame war, probably the best thing to do at that point is to stop reading political threads