We are in a very tense political landscape. Obviously people on HN need to talk it out. At least let's encourage healthy and proper conversations.
Maybe even have a specific "political discussion guidelines". The using downvotes to remove noise/unhealthy conversations we can have some proper arguments.
For what definition of "we"? As an EU citizen, Corona seems to have calmed politics down quite a bit compared to the trouble that brewed beforehand.
I agree that there are issues which need to be talked about, but I do not think that HN is the right place. That being said, as of now I find the political content to be either sparse or relevant enough to not be annoying.