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It's not flagged for being too political. It's flagged for being off-topic _on this particular website_. It doesn't mean everyone shouldn't, can't, won't discus
by airstrike 2y ago
It's not flagged for being too political. It's flagged for being off-topic _on this particular website_. It doesn't mean everyone shouldn't, can't, won't discuss it elsewhere.
Do you dine at the laundromat or wash your dishes at the barbershop?
- watwut 2y agoFunny, homeschooling propaganda is never offtopic on this site. And the site was always full of politics. There is clear pattern of what is flagged and what is not with very clear political bias.
- airstrike 2y agoI have no idea what you mean by "homeschooling propaganda". I've been here for decades and can't recall a single article about that making the front page, although I do concede I don't watch the front page 24/7. > There is clear pattern of what is flagged and what is not with very clear political bias. Consider the possibility that your biases about what is "worth discussing" are leading you to conclude there's a political bias in what gets flagged even though the flagging is very consistent with the site's stated guidelines.
- surgical_fire 2y agoPlenty of tech workers in the US are immigrants, or people born in the US from immigrant parents. If anything, that the US is going full Gestapo against that specific demographic is very much on topic here.
- airstrike 2y agoThat doesn't change the fact that it's off-topic per the guidelines. "Current events" type news are off-topic for HN, it's as simple as that.
- surgical_fire 2y agoI fundamentally disagree. You can go cry to the powers that be if you want.
- airstrike 2y agoWhy would I go cry to the powers that be to change the guidelines? You're the one that has an issue with them