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There is a restriction actually. This is pulled from the guidelines- > Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That destroys the curi

• shuntress 7y ago
  It is possible to discuss a political topic without the discussion becoming a "political or ideological battle". It's definitely challenging, but it is possible.
  • jonfw 7y ago
    It is certainly very possible to do that, and it almost always requires sharing new information that relates to the context of the discussion.
  • 6510 7y ago
    I think it is a real problem that someone should try to solve. I visit a good number of expert communities and they all tend to be highly on topic. This is a good thing without question but I've often noticed the community is completely oblivious to what happens outside their bubble. I suspect most of the accidental battles are from being years behind on the discussion with the people they've talked with every day for the last decade or so. I don't claim to have a solution. Programming philosophy or Programming politics do not seem very attractive but I do suspect there to be a big adventure behind those curtains. It's not like code is not political, lacks a philosophy or ideology. But the best we could do was "stop spying on me!"? hah