For the record, discussion of politics is tolerated on the proviso that it doesn't get out of hand and personal insults etc. don't creep in.
I can count on one hand the number of times I have had to step in and say 'No' when a topic has derailed.
No one, to my knowledge, other than me (and I include BG) used their mod rights to doctor posts that they disagreed with and the dust always settled quickly.
Religion is another thing entirely, and our brief dalliance with that proved to be quite damaging to the aura of camaraderie that pervades the dogs.
'Attila the Hun' ? Don't really know how to respond to that, pretty sure it was very muffled because a tongue was so firmly stuck in a cheek