/r/politics or similar if you want political-only threads. Many of us want HN for technology/finance, which sometimes are government-related. Otherwise I flag

/r/politics or similar if you want political-only threads. Many of us want HN for technology/finance, which sometimes are government-related. Otherwise I flag all non-technical/finance government-related threads (i.e., ICE raids on XYZ city), even as a left-wing anti-capitalist socialist. This just isn't the place for those threads. They never lead to a good discussion, and most people discussing those topics are simply farting into the wind. There's no mis-use or "suppression" with the flag, flagging is an individual choice with individual determination. Just like the American government taught me to be! (And I flagged this thread, too. Email the admins like you're supposed to if you have complaints about HN.)