One hitch perhaps: topics that start off non-political but veer into politics … happens often enough.
A more democratic way would be for the community to either enable the hot-buttoning or be able to disable it with enough flagging.
When you think about it you're suggesting something akin to Wikipedia's sensitive page rules where extremely divisive pages are locked down and subject to higher scrutiny.
One hitch perhaps: topics that start off non-political but veer into politics … happens often enough.
A more democratic way would be for the community to either enable the hot-buttoning or be able to disable it with enough flagging.
When you think about it you're suggesting something akin to Wikipedia's sensitive page rules where extremely divisive pages are locked down and subject to higher scrutiny.