[dlivingston]

Not "very far left" as in socialist / communist. "Very far left" as in "a large and vocal majority of liberals and progressives" which, when combined with the general Reddit tendency to groupthink and mock/attack opinions that aren't the subreddit status quo, make it a very uncomfortable place to be. (And I'm on the left!)

[jghn]

This just demonstrates how far the Overton window has shifted in US discourse if one views HN a hive of "vocal majority of liberals and progressives"

[dlivingston]

My comment was regarding Reddit, not HN. I would characterize HN as left libertarian, in general.