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"Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon"
I truly do enjoy the content and community here on HN, but my question is that given the current political climate isn't the decision to omit political content a political stance rather than an apolitical one?
For pure political stories, there are a million other places to discuss those, and honestly some really disturbing opinions (e.g. eugenics) come out of the woodwork here on those types of stories.
My preference is to see political stories here only if they're related to technology or tech companies. That seems to be the line mods are straddling now, as far as I can tell. For pure political stories, there are a million other places to discuss those, and honestly some really disturbing opinions (e.g. eugenics) come out of the woodwork here on those types of stories.
Given the current political climate, I'd like to make sure we're extra vigilant about keeping that content off HN. I've already deleted three accounts on other community sites. HN is my last refuge. I'm flagging it all.
If we think problems are systemic or structural, then lets talk systems and structures.
To strike a metaphor, is ignoring or not participating in religion a 'religious stance'? It depends on your frame of reference. To someone who is religious, yes. To someone unaware or ignorant of religion, no.
So, why is ignoring or not participating in politics a political stance? Because unlike with religion, we have no choice to live outside of the systems which politics govern. You are affected by the politics of your country and your community even if you are unaware or ignorant of them, therefore the frame of reference is within a political system and a lack of politics is a political stance. Purely IMHO, of course.