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Re:Ask HN: What is the 'hacker news' for politics? by polyfractal on Saturday July 30, 2011 @11:30AM (#2825952)
Political discussions tend to derail into ideological rants far more often than technical matters. They also tend to turn into echo chambers, attracting like-minded individuals who circle-jerk their own opinions.

That said, I'm a fan of Debate and Discussion subforum of SomethingAwful, which is remarkably intelligent and reasonable (although admittedly slanting heavily towards liberals and libertarians).

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Re:Ask HN: What is the 'hacker news' for politics? by jrsmith1279 on Saturday July 30, 2011 @11:44AM (#2825979)
That's where the comment voting would help, but I guess it's still not a perfect system. I really just want a place where I can have political discussions/debates with people who form their opinions based on facts instead of being strictly democrat/republican because that's the way their parents brought them up.
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