I understand where you're coming from. At the same time, not every forum is the appropriate forum for every discussion. Some are better suited for particular to

I understand where you're coming from. At the same time, not every forum is the appropriate forum for every discussion. Some are better suited for particular topics. The experience of discussing political issues on HN is often very fraught and I think it's a very open question as to whether it ends up being constructive or destructive to the HN community as a whole. I think it's very important to be able to talk about political issues. I'm not sure HN can consistently have constructive conversations on divisive topics and remain the platform it is.