while i may not have seen the full original post here…
politically neutral
i think this in itself would raise the question what this might mean - and one wouldn’t need to look far to find a different take on this.
one might for one interpret ‘politically neutral’ as not discussing certain topics.
but then, project governance faces certain decisions, so those would need discussing - at least within a governing body, perhaps more widely, if people feel the need.
then, community spaces may want to set certain boundaries to maintaining welcoming spaces, but then perspectives on those boundaries may diverge as well.
while it might be simple to say “just don’t do politics”, in practice the meaning of this depends on an implicit overton window, as well as on expectations of what the norm should be, which may differ by many factors like culture as well.
as such… i’m not exactly sure we have a choice but to discuss how we wish to treat each other and govern the project. that may well involve discussions such as this one, and may involve directions such as you suggested.
if anything, this may be one aspect on which one may judge current candidates for the upcoming SC elections.
but yeah, while people come from different walks of life we might not have a magic bullet here.