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Fellas, please, keep the politics out of it. You got Facebook for that... :)

• bhouston 9y ago
  You are incorrect, we are allowed to discuss politics on hacker news and have opinions on politics, especially when it intersects technology. It is done all the time here on hacker news.
  • harel 9y ago
    From the guidelines: Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. This story was posted as one of technical interest. The political side effects are not of technical interest.
    • bhouston 9y ago
      > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. You are quoting a guideline about what stories should be posted to Hacker News, and using that in your argument that we can not discuss political aspects of a story. That is not the case. > The political side effects are not of technical interest. This is your opinion, which you are trying to pretend is a rule here on hacker news.
      • harel 9y ago
        Not trying to pretend any rules. Just convention I've seen here over the years with some reference in the guidelines. If you feel you need to discuss politics, by all means - go crazy.