Which is a hateful policy, in my mind. It in effect says "controversial things are not worth talking about". Hacker News is owned by a venture fund. It's not

Which is a hateful policy, in my mind. It in effect says "controversial things are not worth talking about". Hacker News is owned by a venture fund. It's not for talking, the talking is just a thing they have to allow to keep people coming back here. I'll leave the task of discerning the obvious goals of YC to run an off-brand subreddit to the reader.