it's because general political topics aren't considered a good fit by a lot of people and lots will reflexively flag them. As an example of how despised politi

it's because general political topics aren't considered a good fit by a lot of people and lots will reflexively flag them. As an example of how despised political discussion are, a chrome extension I made to filter stories (mostly political) made it to the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13467611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13467611