These discussions are buzzing with activity and are absolutely vital to the future of our community! Well, count me a non-right-winger who'd prefer my HN sans

These discussions are buzzing with activity and are absolutely vital to the future of our community! Well, count me a non-right-winger who'd prefer my HN sans political crap. If I wanted yet another forum where I could be inundated by American political drama, I'd still be on Reddit (or Facebook). I come to HN for posts about technology. Politics touches all aspects of our lives, so it can trivially cross over as "relevant" on a forum like this. But I'd prefer we set that bar very high. Because if this place turns into another /r/politics, I'll remove HN from my RSS feed and find somewhere else to frequent.