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Thank you. I have a million places I can go for political discussion. Why does HN have to be one of them?

• daptaq 10y ago
  One could argue, that when you live in a democracy, politics are a necessary duty for every citizen. For a democracy to flourish, no place, no topic, no time should be unfit for discussion, because if you forbid politics, you just manifest the status quo, which doesn't have to be a-political!
  • olalonde 10y ago
    > For a democracy to flourish, no place should be unfit for discussion This is obviously false. For example, plenty of democracies have flourished despite having libraries where silence is golden. > One could argue, that when you live in a democracy, politics are a necessary duty for every citizen. HN is international and if I recall correctly, more than half of users are not from the USA. Some users don't live in a democracy and some don't believe in it.
    • aaronbrethorst 10y ago
      Libraries and librarians tend to be opposed to censorship of what they may contain. > Some users don't live in a democracy and some don't believe in it. I look forward to arguing with monarchists about their views at some point in the future, then.
    • daptaq 10y ago
      >For example, plenty of democracies have flourished despite having libraries where silence is golden. There is a difference between "not allowed to speak" and "not allowed to speak about politics". You can't speak under water, but a pond isn't the proof that democracy can't exist.