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Re:Thanksgiving Got Shorter After the 2016 Election, Study Says by mywittyname on Thursday May 31, 2018 @08:58PM (#17201698)
If politicians 1) talk about something a lot, and 2) take separate sides of the matter, then it's a political issue.

Drug addiction absolutely is a political issue, and a hot one at that. Same with race issues and immigration. White bread or wheat would be an example of a non-political issue.

It's possible that you live in a country where these are not political issues, but I'm from the USA and these topics are discussed by politicians on a daily basis. They have the secret to fixing the heroin issue, or the immigration crisis, or the Muslim terrorists, etc.

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Re:Thanksgiving Got Shorter After the 2016 Election, Study Says by brlewis on Friday June 01, 2018 @05:47PM (#17210704)
Institutional/societal racism is a political or public policy issue. But this thread started w.r.t. individual racism: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17200028

Comments about individuals are not political discussion, unless chepaslaaa's girlfriend holds public office.

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