I tried speaking about the recent situation of /sci/ before, but was sadly censored. Before resuming to my previous points, I would like to get tangential for a bit.
Due to the recent SW/SH debacle I've found myself on the /vp/ community. There was and is great turmoil in the community, shit being flung from side to side alongside the common threads and generals. Despite having its population split apart, all discussion was still focused on a single subject, pokemon. The atmosphere was friendly and open, you could still find your bits of bait, racism, degeneracy and shit posting. This however, didn't steal focus from it being a pokemon board first and foremost, for nerds deeply invested in the franchise and no actual political points were taken. The mix of freedom of speech and genuine interest from every anon are what make /vp/ an suitable home for fans to be.
I truly believe /sci/ has the potential of becoming one of the best places for discussion of science on the internet. Unfortunately, this is being taken from us by foreigners who come to shit on our place to try and use science to voice their skewed opinions and biases with little to no regard to the native population.
For how long are we going to allow disingenuous people with no true scientific interest to make our place theirs?
A thing that I want you all to keep in mind is that I don't care or think we should care about random racism, critics or disagreement as long as it stem from the thought of the individual rather than organized movements and mob mentality. OP's text and thumbnail define what the thread will devolve into and at least that should be aligned with /sci/'s interests.
I'm NOT pleading for censorship, I'm pleading for focus.