I guess covid/political posts are only allowed at the bottom in the off-topic section with the rest of the forum. They are not allowed to be discussed in our forum. It makes little sense to me that you can talk about them in the OT section with a bunch of randoms but not in our separate "OT" thread. Its just semantics, but rules are rules.
This is the response I got from the guy who runs the forums, his name is Randy.
"You can have off topic threads within subforums, we just prefer that you not because well, that's what the OT section is for. I think the issue is the TYPE of ot discussion within this subforum OT threads. Those should be more light hearted (lawn care, holiday cooking, or things unique to your region, but not weather related.). Once you get into politics, vax/COVID stuff or anything superheated, that's where we start moving or deleting posts."
I did not know these rules, so going forward we are allowed to discuss anything here besides covid/politics.