I don't see the issue with the comment, he didn't assign any judgement to the map. Which is where the politics problem usually arises.
Furthermore, clearly some things are too political to bring up in some places. This is not controversial. We can all agree we shouldn't let schools preach political propaganda to our children "because everything is political anyways." Or that churches shouldn't preach political propoganda "because everything is political anyways." This is one such case - it's a divisive partisan viewpoint that is only loosely related to the original topic and has nothing to do with hacker news. I assume the original poster meant no harm but it's still a negative contribution.
The original post is about roads, those roads exist (or don't exist) due to political processes.
> Furthermore, clearly some things are too political to bring up in some places.
Can you please explain what is too political about that post? I don't really get what you take offense at? It's just the result of a vote?
“Democratic counties”, right? I understand that it’s a common epithet used to deride an opposing party; but if one wishes to remain apolitical isn’t it better to apply the neutrality of using the party’s actual name and conventions of capitalization?
Simple fact most Red's don't want to associate with Blue's and it's the same on the other side. Sure individuals won't agree but they are a minority. If you don't like the project, then just move on it has NOTHING to do with you.
It seems to me that "everything is political" is just a way to provide cover for pushing partisan viewpoints places.