Comment by SoftTalker
19 days ago
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.
19 days ago
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.
You're doing politics right now in your attempt to shut down political discussion you don't like.
It is supremely naive to think you can excise political discussion, and if you're wondering why people are so upset at techies these days, this is a hint at the reason. Techies are people who think they can just say "no politics" and they did something good or got rid of politics.
> It's not a dumb rule
Your opinion.
> endless low-effort, kneejerk commentary by people spouting their side's talking points.
Straw man. And also a low-effort, kneejerk comment spouting your side's talking point. I see a lot of irony there.
> Your opinion.
A matter of opinion.
It’s also the law of this place, and that is not a matter of opinion.
> It’s also the law of this place
Guideline. Guidelines are not laws. Want to know what else is an HN guideline? "Please don't complain that a submission is inappropriate" right along with "Please don't post comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit".
And even if it were true that it's a law, it would still be entirely irrelevant to the discussion of whether it's dumb or not.
> and that is not a matter of opinion
"unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon" is a matter of opinion. Evidence of, interesting, new, all matters of opinion.