There may a reason you never start Political threads:
As FORKUSHV, YOU DON"T START ANY THREADS HERE. You have started ZERO threads on the Free For All since July 2013 when you attacked and chased off TREEGIRL - Forky's Las FFA New Topic
I also saw an "older" and dormant users named FORKUSH, FORKUSHII, and FORKUSHIII. Could it be these users were banished from this "island" for bad behavior and Forky had to change his username to return? Could it be that he now restrains himself from "starting" political threads, but he has no problem getting into the fray on an already started thread?
You ask why anyone would start a political thread here - but you surely have no problem participating in them with ~2000 or 2250+ posts on "political threads". To me, the political threads are often current events / water cooler discussions - the type of thing you might discuss at a blackjack table while in Vegas on a "buddy" trip.
Forky has some many reasons to as humble as he is