I'd paraphrase this last interaction as me: it's incoherent to see politics as pervasive and then try to exclude politics from discussions of technology you:

I'd paraphrase this last interaction as me: it's incoherent to see politics as pervasive and then try to exclude politics from discussions of technology you: it's not incoherent to see politics as pervasive and then exclude them from a social holiday dinner where the goal is a pleasant agreeable vibe We seem to be speaking at cross-purposes. Anyhow, I agree with you many people on HN say they don't want political discussion on HN because they see the comments as low-quality, or breaking what they otherwise see as a pleasant and agreeable vibe. And I think I understand your perspective: - you think the OP would be stronger if it had mentioned that - you don't like it when people characterize your position (acknowleding the importance of politics but still not wanting to have political discussions on Hacker News) as avoidance ("ostrich mentality") or intellectually incoherent