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I still don’t know what you mean when you say political. Can you define it perhaps?

From the free dictionary:

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or dealing with the structure or affairs of government, politics, or the state.

2. Relating to, involving, or characteristic of politics or politicians: “Calling a meeting is a political act in itself” (Daniel Goleman).

3. Relating to or involving acts regarded as damaging to a government or state: political crimes.

4. Interested or active in politics: I’m not a very political person.

5. Having or influenced by partisan interests: The court should never become a political institution.

6. Based on or motivated by partisan or self-serving objectives: a purely political decision.

It sounds like you’re accusing us of number 6. And that theory would make sense if we didn’t really believe in our positions and were just pretending to in order to get some other benefit. But you don’t actually think we don’t believe our positions–so that doesn’t really work.