[chvid]

It is a very different place today.

And yet this text pops up on the front page of hacker news.

I assume it is because of the events in Dallas; but why discuss this text and not the actual event or a million other things related to the topic of race and racism?

[Karunamon]

There's probably not much constructive discussion to be had on the event here. These are social problems at their roots, not technical ones.

[chvid]

It is obviously a "hard and controversial" problem to discuss - I don't really understand why. I sense it has something to do with the upcoming US election and maybe there is a lot of campaigning being done online.

HN in general has good discussions on economics and social issues but not on this.