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Re:Google's stance on neo-Nazis 'dangerous', says EFF by dgut on Friday August 18, 2017 @10:43AM (#15046606)
Yep. There are a lot of HNers who abuse the voting system and leave no traces (no arguments, no reasons). It's quite a childish behavior.

The only civic discussion forum I know of is the extropy chat email list.

Re:Google's stance on neo-Nazis 'dangerous', says EFF by CWuestefeld on Friday August 18, 2017 @05:51PM (#15050041)
For the topics it covers, the discussion at SlateStarCodex.com and its matching reddit are of extremely high quality, both in terms of the thought that goes into comments, as well as the civility of participants.