I'm political in outlook, sympathetic to the proposal, and like to see politics on HN as long as it has sort of hacker angle to it. On the other hand, IMO this

I'm political in outlook, sympathetic to the proposal, and like to see politics on HN as long as it has sort of hacker angle to it. On the other hand, IMO this sort of story crosses the threshold into general politics, which in the long term degrades HN and hence doesn't really belong here.