Forum Posting Guidelines - 32

[helvella]

Guideline 32

The Thyroid UK forum guidelines are always accessible on this pinned post:

Forum Posting Guidelines

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

We ask that all members read them and very much hope you do so. However, in time, we can forget what was there, or misremember, or whatever.

Hence, I am posting this short reminder of the guidelines in full.

And (today) of this specific item:

32. Any posts, replies, links, videos & images deemed by the Admin team to be of a political or religious nature will be removed. Members may also be requested to change their user name and/or bio details.

Given that politics will be even more visible than usual everywhere for at least the next six weeks, it is easy to fall into discussing what you are seeing.

Please, read and re-read contributions before you post them. A moment taken to consider and revise before you post is much better, all round, than having contributions edited or removed.

We all have opinions and views. But this forum is not the place to promote them.

Note that HealthUnlocked’s own guidelines also apply:

support.healthunlocked.com/...

[Astrido]

Thanks to the mods for all that you do for the community

[Marz]

Thank you ! However I do remember Lyn Mynott and Co going to Westminster to discuss the T3 issue - which is confusing ? As that suggests our health and well being is a political issue ....

[helvella in reply to Marz]

In some ways, everything like that is political.

But whether party A is going to do something while B and C won't do anything, or will do something else, is not appropriate.

We have had several posts about eligibility for PIP. Regarding whether or not an individual is, or is not, eligible and how to claim, experiences, etc,

We do not want arguments about whether party A will campaign on wider PIP, party B will tighten rules for PIP, party C will not change much, and party D will increase value of PIP.

When the next government is in office, whoever it is, then decisions they make and how they affect us can be discussed in general terms. Imagine the whole of medicine vigilance, monitoring, licensing, compensation for adverse reactions, etc., were turned upside down. It would be fine to discuss what is changing. But not to go down the path of discussing what the opposition parties would do.

In my head, I sometimes consider whether something is worded "the government" or "the incumbent political party" (or something like that). One is much more neutral than the other. Despite them both referring to the same people.

[RedApple in reply to Marz]

Marz 'suggests our health and well being is a political issue'

As long as we have an NHS, health and wellbeing very definitely is a political issue. There's no getting away from that. But the aim should always be to discuss the health and well being aspect, rather than the political aspect. 😊

[RockyPath]

You're fabulous. Thank you for everything you do to keep the community purring. 🐈