I re-started the birdsite to follow specific things. None of which I wanted to be political. I wanted nerdy, gaming, and pop culture things. I now find myself having to mute some of those things because the political posts make my blood boil. Sorry Mark Hamil but you need to be muted. It's not you, it's me.
The politics has always been there. When it's not explicit, it's often reinforcing the status quo... but that doesn't mean it's not there.