IIRC, the demise of the political forum was caused by two things. One, the mods were inundated with complaints from participants who felt they were subjected to personal attacks by other posters. As a result, the mods were forced to spend too many hours devoted to only one aspect of TOTV.
Second, some of the vitriol from the political forum was spilling over into the main board. Personal attacks increased which caused more work for the volunteer mods.
As is common, a few malcontents managed to force closure of something others enjoyed.
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