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That rule is ... kind of nonsense anyways.

One can't be intellectually curious and not think about politics. Politics is applied intellectual curiosity.

>>saubei+(OP)
This does not seem to be a prevalent opinion on here, and I was trying to be diplomatic, but I guess it still comes out as "why is it OK to post / comment politics here if it's a less contentious topic many people on HN care about, but I regularly get downvoted for even relating information to my association with a demographic group forcefully enlisted to the front of the culture war".

Orange site bad.

>>asmor+M9
Because this has a tech angle and its local. Plus it connects to big tech companies collecting data on everyone.

Which is different from a Gaza discussion which has no tech angle and two sides telling each other what the other side has done.

>>ipaddr+Dj
Calling anything "local" to HN is pretty funny US-centrism, for someone posting before 8 AM EST. And I'd never call what's happening in Gaza a "culture war", that would seem trivializing - although my issue seems to be escalating more and more as well.