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Isn't Hacker News suppose to be about tech stuff? Why is this political stuff making it to the top? I realize a lot of people here fly a lot and so anything TSA

Isn't Hacker News suppose to be about tech stuff? Why is this political stuff making it to the top? I realize a lot of people here fly a lot and so anything TSA related is relevant to them, but there are other places on the internet to discuss these political issues. As a side note, some of the posters rabid hatred for the TSA is borderline concerning. These people are normal folks with a crappy job doing what their bosses and the US government tells them to do. They aren't heartless demons whose sole existence is to make your air-travel uncomfortable. Every time a TSA post comes up (which seems like once or twice a month) I am shocked by the type of comments people leave here when they refer the the TSA and their employees. Frankly I expect a lot more from comments here than in other places on the web.

grimtrigger 14y ago
Not sure how moderation works on HN. Are there mods who are supposed to take this kind of stuff down? I flagged the original post though.
nitrogen 14y ago
If everyone's excuse for doing evil things is "it's just a job," "not my department," or "above my pay grade," then those evil things will continue. Everyone is responsible to make an ethical decision with regard to the jobs they will accept, and the assertion from the HN posters to which you refer appears to be that those taking a TSA job have made a questionable ethical decision in doing so. As for why it's on HN, many here have dealt with being treated like an outsider or an inferior, and have a heightened awareness of such issues. There's a long tradition of geeks taking up non-geek causes because they would want the same (that is, non-geeks taking up geek causes).