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Why turn HN into another political forum?

Off-Topic: Most stories about politics [...] unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. [...] If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

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I really enjoy the political discussions that show up on HN. It’s the only place online where I can see both sides of something being debated intelligently. It’s also the only place where I can post something that goes against the grain of the majority and still be upvoted.

That said I think the “if they’d cover it in the TV news…” is a good rule, just to limit discussions to novel topics.

I thought the piece was interesting, and not particularly political. It mostly focuses on rhetorical tactics in politics and begs the question of why do people knowingly use and accept strawmen arguments

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