> It has to do with the purpose of this site—intellectual curiosity—being incompatible with tribalism. "You might not be interested in politics, but politics i

> It has to do with the purpose of this site—intellectual curiosity—being incompatible with tribalism. "You might not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you." More seriously, though, the highbrow dismissal of very real problems as tribalism on the same site that frequently has slapfights over technology and news/advertising spam of various forms seems a little much. Like, if the answer is just "Hey, knock it off we don't want flamewars" that's totally respectable...but the other arguments you've used come off as really smug and out-of-touch.