Anything "controversial" (even when something like this really shouldn't be thought of that way) gets flagged/pushed down the rankings extremely quickly, especi

Anything "controversial" (even when something like this really shouldn't be thought of that way) gets flagged/pushed down the rankings extremely quickly, especially if it doesn't have a strong tech connection so it's reasonably justifiable to consider it "off topic". HN is great for a narrow set of topics and types of articles, but anything outside that set usually either doesn't do well here in the first place, or gets forced down even if it does.