[kgeist]

You're on HN. It has a similar rule:

  Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That tramples curiosity.

See: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[layer8]

This rule doesn’t mean “no political topics”.

[dirtyhippiefree]

However, it •effectively• does…

Intent of rule v. rule in practice…

[layer8]

No, it doesn’t. HN does have political discussions in line with the rules, that is, approved by dang. One recent example being https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39143043.