# Question about "political jabs" MPSIMS **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 20, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-political-jabs-mpsims/956376 "2021-12-20T18:34:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-political-jabs-mpsims/956376/3 "2021-12-21T00:03:24Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > AFAIK, political jabs are perfectly OK in MPSIMS as long as they’re kept out of “breaking news” threads. Clearly the “exception that proves the rule” sort of thing. The rule against political jabs in MPSIMS explicitly states it’s just for breaking news threads, as you say. > [@No political/religious jabs in breaking news threads in MPSIMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-political-religious-jabs-in-breaking-news-threads-in-mpsims/740558): > > This is not a new rule but rather codifies the existing informal guidelines. MPSIMS threads are often started to call attention to breaking news stories. Many posters value these threads because they offer new information and multiple cites about the event in one place. Often the information is rapidly changing and these threads can move fast. One of the advantages of the SDMB is that with many posters from around the world we often have a poster local to the situation or even involved who can … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-political-jabs-mpsims/956376)._