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Being apolitical is fine. I try to be that way publicly and in my work. I fail sometimes, but I try. But when I look at huge messed up things in society, and I know there are people on HN who had a big role in making them that way? At some point you gotta cut the crap. Not taking a stand is taking a stand. Nobody gets a free ride. There's no special "get out of difficult conversations for free" card that we tech folk…
> We are better than this. We could be, but we're not. This is what we are right now, a bunch of people that can't even have a rational discussion on a subject such as this.
It might help if 2/3 of HN commenters weren't giant misogynists and racists.