NB: There's no HN guideline against discussing politics, though political submissions are somewhat discouraged. Where political comments are problematic is ge

NB: There's no HN guideline against discussing politics, though political submissions are somewhat discouraged. Where political comments are problematic is generally where they run up against other guidelines, notably: Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes. The other red line is accounts that principally push political viewpoints. A fair bit of political discussion tends toward each of these. Avoid those rails, however, and you're good. Dang's posted often on what does and doesn't work with political discussion, see: <https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=political%20overlap%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...> I'd specifically point at: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34481375 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34481375> Where a problem, such as robocalls / spam phone calls, really is fundamentally one of politics and policy, discussing those political and policy elements is entirely appropriate.