Ferrets are a weirdly political issue in some areas of the USA.
It's pretty hard to have anything be politics free when the world we live in is political
They're not political except for a select group people who want to make it political. They should not be encouraged or appreciated for trying to push that outlook on others.
You could replace [ferrets are] with [gay marriage is] and get the description for any political argument ever. People argue X is political, others argue it isn't political and create a political argument trying to argue it is/is not political. Repeat as nauseam for topic of your choice.
Saying this is on the same level as protest videos or political commentary is absurd.
Now, I don’t deny that some people would try to make political statements with plausible deniability. However, if it’s not their intent and their one video gets shadow banned, who cares? If it is, well, they deserved it.