Helps that the posts on HN are largely technical so discussions are generally politically neutral, but any time a political post that isn't even remotely releva

Helps that the posts on HN are largely technical so discussions are generally politically neutral, but any time a political post that isn't even remotely relevant to tech or VC shoots to the top, the worst takes and sometimes downright bigotry will break loose and flood the comments. Most of them do get caught eventually with downvotes/flags/moderator action, but often the damage has been done as they remained visible for far too long.