Politics Classification Debate
Users debate whether a specific post or topic is 'political,' questioning Hacker News's no-politics rule and what constitutes political content.
➡️ Stable 0.6x Politics & Society
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ACLU AKA US COVID political politics politically deciding fringe protests art stance discussing social sciences
Sample Comments
What is "political" about it?
This is political? Please explain.
How is this political? Oh right, it's not.
That sounds political, more than anything else.
Why isn't this flagged? Surely this is politics.
"no politics" is politics.
Depends what you consider "political".
Can you explain why you think this is political?
how does that make it political?
Well, discussing it would be a political discussion see.