"Philosophical" politics in technical groups

It seems to me the reason some "techies" insist on posting soft political discourse in thecnical groups is that no one will listen to them in the groups designed for soft politics, or flames them when they bring up "nuts & bolts" issues. Maybe we need a new news thread for people who want to argue soft politics only with technically oriented people so they don't have to put up with all those other people who disagree with them for no reason.