Re-read it. It may've changed since you last read, but general politics is off-topic.
Please re-read this sub-thread.
Note, most. Not all. Big stories such as these are, I'd say, on-topic.
Who's arguing with you?
Your comment doesn't follow at all.
Other commenters replied to the same parent, challenging their claim.
That nuance was lost on you then. And my nuance about general politics was lost on you, also. Existence of exceptions is implied in my comment.
Emphasis mine. This is not a “general politics” story and almost certainly qualifies as an “interesting new phenomenon”.
Who's arguing that it is?
>And you stated that general politics are not allowed under the submissions policy.
It's what the policy says. There's on-topic and off-topic with exceptions. Blanket statements about what "good hackers find interesting" is a partial representation of the policy.
> I’m pointing out that this is far from general.
Going back to you NOT answering my question, I'm not saying this is "general" either.
Obviously, you didn't read the whole thread.
Generally discussion works best around here when each participant only has to explain their own points. If people have to explain your own points to you it makes discussion kind of hard.
Explaining that the HN Guidelines has off-topic railings (with exceptions) too isn't saying that a tweet about POTUS resigning isn't a valid exception.
I guess people are on tilt because of the announcement.