Here is the deal with politics on hn, as I understand it... As hackers, we like to learn about complex systems and figure out how they work. Politics can be ver

Here is the deal with politics on hn, as I understand it... As hackers, we like to learn about complex systems and figure out how they work. Politics can be very complicated and there's a lot going on behind the scenes. Any story that explains how something works as opposed to advocating for a political position will probably not get censored. Of course there are exceptions. Anything related to the technology of politics, patents and topics of interest to the tech community (like net neutrality). To answer your question specifically, Ron Paul is personally popular with many members of the tech crowd. He's a big deal on reddit and with many members of our community, so he kind of gets a pass.