I flagged this, like I flag all the political flamebait topics that recur here (minimum wage, mincome, health care pricing, etc.), but I think the Snowden/NSA a

I flagged this, like I flag all the political flamebait topics that recur here (minimum wage, mincome, health care pricing, etc.), but I think the Snowden/NSA articles kind of permanently tipped the balance here. I definitely understand the argument that they were on-topic, but they mainstreamed political discussion, and now having stupid partisan flamewars here is commonplace.