>* It takes way more effort to compose a careful, persuasive comment about political issues on HN and... >* The rest of the tech community does not appreciate

>* It takes way more effort to compose a careful, persuasive comment about political issues on HN and... >* The rest of the tech community does not appreciate thoughtful political commentary on HN Maybe the two are related? If someone wants to have a meaningful discussion about, say, structural injustice in tech, I bet there are places they can do that _without_ having to start with an argument from first principles about whether or not racism and misogynism have any value. >apart from the circulation of egregiously awful comments in the few moments they exist here before people like me flag them off the site Yes, the most egregiously awful comments get flagged. But that's not a very high bar to clear, compared to what I've seen on other sites.