On one hand, I like the "politics" posts (especially the Snowden-related ones). On the other, I also agree that they mostly detract from the "unique" HN topics

On one hand, I like the "politics" posts (especially the Snowden-related ones). On the other, I also agree that they mostly detract from the "unique" HN topics, BUT I like discussing them WITH the HN crowd (not with whomever might hang around on other sites). I also feel like I can contribute more to these kind of posts than to others that I also find interesting and more on-topic (Javascript library for reactive documents, how to hack a high-performance board for a notebook, etc...) Would it be possible to "wall off" the politics posts from the HN "main topic" posts? Much like what's done with the Ask HN posts...