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Like a political or religious discussion, it's a bit polarizing - it seems to raise the kind of questions where reasonable people would agree to disagree, and w
by andreyf 16y ago
Like a political or religious discussion, it's a bit polarizing - it seems to raise the kind of questions where reasonable people would agree to disagree, and we're afraid of not being so reasonable ;)
- philwelch 16y agoThere's pulp political pieces and then there's intellectual insight about politics. This piece strikes me as having intellectual insight.
- nandemo 16y agoFor that matter, I think "A Letter to my students" is definitely a pulp political piece. And yet it is on the front page with 150+ points. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1631682 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1631682
- davidw 16y agoArticles like that are why I would be happier to simply see politics banned from this site.