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This got flagged. Im a bit confused as to why it did

• jandrese 7y ago
  Because someone clicked the button to flag the article.
• folkhack 7y ago
  In my time on HN I've seen everything political get flagged almost immediately which takes politics out of the discussion here. I don't think it's banned in the rules, but it may as well be because nothing ever really sees the light of day too long without an immediate flag.
• jgwil2 7y ago
  From the guidelines: > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. To be fair, Trump dismantling environmental regulations is not really an "interesting new phenomenon." I disagree that it's off-topic but I can see how some would consider it so. Edit: resolved ambiguity by expanding OT to off-topic