We're all better off when different people can come together, understand each other, and work to make the world better, even if that's in a small way. So I think this is a great example of an HN post.
And I think the underlying message of "your opponents aren't literally devils incarnate" could do with being repeated a bit more often -- not just here but in every online forum.
This post appears to have disappeared from the front page (and the several following pages), despite its far higher upvote/recency combination than most other front page stories.
Is there a way to see some kind of record of the moderation decision, or flagging algorithm, that caused this to happen?
Ah well!
I am an Indian. The first time I came to know about Koch brother when I watched "News Room" show. In which they where depicted as nothing but evil business men.
After reading this post, do I think they are kind hearted, good-doing business men? Not exactly. But it intrigue me to read more about their works rather than assuming they are selfish minded, evil business men.
But it still feels like an almost textbook example of what shouldn't be on the front page of HN.
Something Mike Rowe writes about the importance of the skilled trades, how they work, what the market for those people is like? Sure!
But this piece is really just about politics and current events. In this case: politics I don't find very challenging (despite being a Democrat). But still: it's only interesting if you know who the Koch Brothers are and what their role in US politics tends to be.
It would be neat if when things like this came up and got stuck to the front page, they could be replaced with something more important the same person wrote. Here, for example: same form, same author, basically the same content, without the horse-race political hook:
http://mikerowe.com/2016/02/stopignoringskillsgap/