Avoiding the political is generally easy until the minefield vocabulary comes up, even if by accident. Moral opinions are tricky because they feed directly int

Avoiding the political is generally easy until the minefield vocabulary comes up, even if by accident. Moral opinions are tricky because they feed directly into and out of concepts like integrity, fidelity and quality, which are favorites on HN and can be discussed technically as well as morally. But we don't really learn much about that razor edge in general education so it's not as easily avoided.