[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."