Was hoping this had some effect, making it less of a one track cesspool of ideology but alas, not yet. There used to be some sort of discussion that took place on there but now it's all "fall in line" with the Narrative.
In any case WRT to political Reddits down votes are essential for subscribers to remove troll posts (which are very frequent) since mods are hesitant to remove posts even when they're obviously intended to incense the subscribers.
It's a difficult situation to try to make a decision.
Well it turns out Scott the HN mod ultraliberal from San Fransisco thought that was reason enough to shadowban me forever on HN. That's the game here -- agree with Silicon Valley/San Francisco liberal politics or be banned.
> agree with [...] liberal politics or be banned