Politics in Duolingo -- An Open Discussion

*Just so everyone is aware, I'm not trying to start a flame war, nor start any political discussions where they don't belong. This is just my own personal opinion, feel free to agree or disagree and state legitimate reasons why, or provide your own insight without getting disrespectful to me, other users, Duolingo's staff, or incubator contributors, because we're all people too, just behind a screen!*

Now, to clarify, I don't mind learning political vocabulary (for example in the Portuguese course, words like eleição, presidente, etc.), but I mean things that can be construed as political messages by a majority of people who know the current political climate of not just the United States (my home country), but around the world, on both sides of the aisle. Much like everyone here, I came to Duolingo to learn languages, not with getting subliminal political messaging in it. Now the argument "just ignore it" works slightly, but when you see it pointed out to you constantly, it irritates you a little and makes it hard to ignore, right? As much as I love Duolingo, there are some flaws that can be pointed out by people (danfur65 did a good job pointing out flaws that I can agree with, which you could find [here](https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/33326771), and to me, this is one thing I have a gripe with. Not everyone has the same political views, that we can all acknowledge, but I hope we all can agree that some messages that can be taken in a subliminal political context (as this kind of thing alienates people, political and apolitical alike) should be separate (in my opinion) from the larger picture of language learning, and so we all can have enjoyment while learning languages for free :D