Why is there a General heading, when it should just be Technical?

Why even bother having a General section if one cannot get a specific answer from it because the thread gets hijacked by people soapbox grandstanding their agenda and not dealing with the OP question? The mods are supposed to keep the subject matter on track, but if they fail to do so and the thread becomes a ”Hi-five, back-patting lurvefest” of those who think their point is correct by their lurve count. This enlightened, and decorous site is supposed to be of higher quality than YA, and AB if only because one cannot attack another (openly) but if not also because of better quality control, why even have a General section? It should be changed to Technical because it would be harder for someone to grandstand or hijack how to install an OS, or the best way to paint seasoned wood, etc.