> If you break them, you contribute nothing to resolving any social issue—all it does is rile up the other side and fan flames—but you do contribute to destroyi

> If you break them, you contribute nothing to resolving any social issue—all it does is rile up the other side and fan flames—but you do contribute to destroying this community. That's bad for all of us. You allow flamebait political and ideological posts which riles up one side, which you then censor for being mean, but leave the flamebait post or comment up. If you wanted HN to be civil, all you would need to do is to move the political stuff into it's own section.