throwaway098345

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   by throwaway098345 10y ago

   > Politics is tribal, so we're talking about something that profoundly undercuts thoughtfulness. Politics isn't always tribal and many people on HN are capable on thoughtful arguments on politics. HN suffers from the "LKM
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   by throwaway098345 10y ago

   It's not impossible to say "this is a technology site, here we discuss technology" which would make it much less arbitrary which things are politics and not. You might not want to do that, but it's certainly not impossib
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   by throwaway098345 10y ago

   The fear is mixing the x and y axis of opinions. Most people can probably see why something like party, ideology or nation can be damaging. Not talking about those things generally doesn't prevent people from having a certain opinion o
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   by throwaway098345 10y ago

   If I recall correctly you've previously requested feedback on were they line is between moderation and censorship. I think this is the line. At least I define censorship as when certain things cannot be expressed despite being relevant