I agree with you, but I did find the post interesting as a case study of how an intelligent community manager dealt with politics. What would happen if news.yc

I agree with you, but I did find the post interesting as a case study of how an intelligent community manager dealt with politics. What would happen if news.yc disallowed comments on "political" articles, for instance? (Not that I endorse the idea, or even have thought about it much.)