Came here to say the same thing. When I see these submissions – pro or anti-CCP – and I see the discussion that results, I'm inclined to flag them. Such stories

Came here to say the same thing. When I see these submissions – pro or anti-CCP – and I see the discussion that results, I'm inclined to flag them. Such stories are not good material for HN, and the submission guidelines make that clear. I thought this was precisely what flagging of submissions was for. It's also worth noting that some of the worst stories that have resulted in the most division have been ideologically driven. I recall a libertarian think tank that had a number of accounts that apparently existed purely to make submissions for those sites. I'm sure there are other groups that are at it too, I just found that one to be particularly blatant. Regardless of your political views, the submission of such stories seems to inevitably result in a flame-war that seems only to serve to degrade this community's technologically-orientated mutual respect.