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When I submitted this, I didn't think of it from a "political" perspective. To me, this issue transcends politics and reveals a part of human nature that is bey
by sebmellen 6y ago
When I submitted this, I didn't think of it from a "political" perspective. To me, this issue transcends politics and reveals a part of human nature that is beyond the definition of politics. I thought it would prompt an exploratory discussion of the matter and of human nature.
Unfortunately, many events which in reality exist with or without politics (like race-based hatred) are tagged with the political label. This also makes these events harder to discuss in an objective manner because an element of partisan thinking enters the fray: "does my party support this or not?" vs "do I believe this is right or not".
EDIT: There have been many front page posts about the genocide of Uighur Muslims in China. Is that considered political as well?
- sheepdestroyer 6y agoOf course the topic of Uighur's genocide is political. It's even -extremely- so. That you seem to not percieve it so underlines your misconception that any issue linked to the human condition could possibly not be. "Everything is political" should not surprise you, it's not a new concept.
- sebmellen 6y agoIf everything is political, why say HN is not a place for politics? What are we to discuss then?
- sheepdestroyer 6y agoFrom the guidelines : On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.