[sctb]

The issue is the same as before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13911550. I appreciate that it's not your intention to derail, but the effect of these comments is predictable and we need commenters to be mindful of that so that we can have the kinds of discussions—thoughtful, informative—that we're after here.

[wtbob]

Would you please be so kind as to update https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html to indicate 'ideological talking points' the staff believe prevent thoughtful & informative discussion?

Otherwise I feel that there's a loaded gun pointed at my head and any random statement is likely to set it off.