Comment by nialv7
3 days ago
but fighting against a tyrannical, oppressive, illegitimate government is exactly what a hacker would do?
if you want an apolitical forum, don't call it hacker news, it's false advertisement.
maybe call it ostrich news or something.
Yes, it's what many hackers would do, and have done, and HN has had, and does have, many threads about that kind of thing.
I realize these distinctions get lost when people are feeling heated, but HN has never been an apolitical site and we don't describe it that way. There are more options than just (1) being apolitical and (2) being completely aflame. Not that they're easy squares to occupy.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869 (May 2018)
Hacker News is from YC, which is a US organization with some power. As a US organization, it must limit discussion to things that are legal in the US. If you want to plan terrorism, you need to go elsewhere.