> There is no blanket ban on politics Nor did I claim there was. My point is simply that there is a very obvious pattern to what passes this subjective "gratif

> There is no blanket ban on politics Nor did I claim there was. My point is simply that there is a very obvious pattern to what passes this subjective "gratifies intellectual curiosity" test among those with the ability to flag posts from the front page. Case in point, this thread is now being visibly flagged off the homepage: "ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46543420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46543420 It's inarguably tech-relevant and for the intellectually curious. And yet...