[airstrike]

That argument doesn't hold. HN itself has no obligation to be a political forum. There are many other forums for that already.

It's good to compartmentalize topics. Your argument is like complaining you're not learning Geography in your Physics class. The subject of the site is not politics and that is by design.

This design has absolutely nothing to do with the merits of any given submission related to the topic of politics. Conflating "people who want to keep conversations on-topic" and "people who support policy X" is not fair, helpful or accurate.

[AlecSchueler]

> There are many other forums for that already.

Could you recommend some other forums where politics are allowed but people also have a deep technical knowledge and understanding? With also an expected level of mutual respect and effort given to discussion?

[airstrike]

I never said they were as well moderated as HN, and I think that's the case for a variety of reasons, but primarily because people like dang (and now tomhow!) are very hard to find... and because people for some reason struggle to keep emotions in check when discussing politics

[AlecSchueler]

So there are many other forums available but you recognise that none of them are actually as suited to the kind of discussions we might want? It's very "but we've got Hacker News at home."

[jlongr]

Amazon Submits Bid for TikTok with US Sale Deadline Nearing

Go flag this one then.

[airstrike]

Why? That's a technology company buying another tech company, and so many people here either work at tech companies, have founded companies or some variation thereof. Very much on topic for hacker news.

[infecto]

Why flag it?

[AlecSchueler]

Sounds political to me.

[infecto]

You’re more than welcome to, of course—but that feels like a rather trite response to what could have warranted at least a bit more substance.