@rugster Don't think your input means nothing and your views aren't taken into consideration. Feel free to post more. As moderator I have to think of this like refereeing a sports game like basketball game or hockey game for example. The ref has to decide how strict to enforce the rules and what will be called and let go. In an NHL hockey game if the ref called everything by the book there would be no players on the ice. In a basketball game it would be nothing but free throws and penalties and most players sitting on the bench for too many fouls. There has to be some discretion used.
As moderator I have to think along these lines. We have an everything else section which can include topics that stray from part 15 radio. I agree that this can't become a political forum and the forum rules state that. But there's a grey area where politics can affect part 15 like FCC goings on and congress rulings, and even tariffs to a point. Yes the price of coffee due to tariffs and other things posted was outside the realm of part 15 it didn't flagrantly, for lack of a better word, violate the forum rules and I try to be as lenient as possible. I didn't see a need to step in. But your point was heard and taken into consideration.
Thanks @Mark, and to be clear, I wasn't suggesting that a mod should step in. I was simply stating my opinion. I know that the opinions and sensibilities of others will differ from mine, and that is fine.