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why is this submission [flagged]?

• cardamomo 6y ago
  Politics
  • Kye 6y ago
    There is only a widespread belief that politics is banned on HN. No actual rule.
    • cardamomo 6y ago
      The guidelines say politics are generally considered off-topic and, "If a story is spam or off-topic, flag it." I can see why it was flagged, that's all.
• hacym 6y ago
  I feel this is off-topic to HackerNews, even if it's important to the people the view this site.
• ardy42 6y ago
  > why is this submission [flagged]? My guess is that it's purely politics, and there's a large number of users who just don't want to have purely political discussions. HN sometimes has decent threads about political policy on non hot-button issues, but threads about political personalities are unlikely to go well and are thus not worth the trouble.
  • Kye 6y ago
    HN can be very arbitrary about this. This submission's topic is one step away from this one at over 1800 points a few years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12907201 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12907201
    • java-man 6y ago
      And probably as relevant. I think it will have a great effect on the tech scene as well.
• pmdulaney 6y ago
  Why indeed? I have personally never seen a submission flagged on Hacker News that actually deserved it. And no, "Off Topic" is not a legitimate reason.