05-22-2019, 12:40 PM
(05-22-2019, 12:10 PM)Bring4th_Jade Wrote:(05-22-2019, 11:58 AM)Diana Wrote:(05-22-2019, 11:46 AM)Bring4th_Jade Wrote: L/L Research is growing all the time. We are a nonprofit which means that we are treading a thin line by allowing any sort of political discussion on the forums that are under the L/L umbrella.
That's an interesting statement. I'm curious why. Does it violate a nonprofit boundary or description of the nonprofit business?
Yeah, by definition, a 501©(3) nonprofit cannot have a political agenda, or they risk losing their tax exempt status. This is why the "Spiritual implications of politics and current events" forum is one of the few forums on the website that is only visible to members. In fact, we've had people upset before about being "deplatformed" because we moved a political thread to the much less visible (and not SEO-able) subforum, but that's just because we really can't let people get too carried away with promoting specific political agendas here, because the line to looking like L/L is promoting something by what we allow others to post here could be easily crossed.
That's good to know. I find the idea stressful regarding monitoring it.
All religions and philosophies promote something. And nonprofit or not, they all generate funds to exist. But I get the nuance here, and it seems to have more to do with semantics or what is declared as the purpose, rendering it arbitrary in a manipulative legal system. (I do have a basic understanding of the usage of funds in a 501C3.) And, I don't mean to suggest I know anything at all about L/L's particular situation.
I'm curious if there are parameters regarding dissidents, for example, discussing conspiracy theories such as not accepting the official government explanation for 911. (I don't mean to derail the tread, but I am curious about this.)