Comment by asveikau
20 days ago
I always thought it was ridiculous that HN had a "no politics" rule. It is arrogance to think you can segment "politics" and confine it and then be above it somehow by using this as an excuse to not have discussions that make you uncomfortable. Everything is political.
It doesn't have a "no politics" rule.
It kinda does. Not completely, but close enough that it leads to certain people complaining about the wrong things being on their hacker news.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
"Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon."
I also think it's a dumb rule.
I think it's a dumb rule only because it doesn't actually forbid anything but people think that it does.
It's not a dumb rule, you can go to reddit or facebook or a dozen other places if you want to read endless low-effort, kneejerk commentary by people spouting their side's talking points.
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