My favorite aspect of this site is that one might voice an unorthodox or troubling idea so long as one does it respectfully. Rather than an expectation that ev

My favorite aspect of this site is that one might voice an unorthodox or troubling idea so long as one does it respectfully. Rather than an expectation that everyone be highly emotional all the time, people are expected to be a bit more logical and keep their emotions a bit more restrained. I know a lot of people are made upset by that aspect of HN (often because we don't get as visibly upset at stuff), but I find it a refreshing change. Other sites tend to politicize pretty much everything. This site has some politics, but it doesn't seem to dominate the discussion.