Why is one tech exec killing another tech exec "political by nature"? Seems the definition of personal or business related, not political.

I believe the point is that peoples alternative theories of the issue being due to homelessness are the political ones. So by calling those people out, the commenter is opening themself up to political discussion.

I don't think there's anything political about saying "those people were wrong, I wonder if they'll change their views when presented with evidence that they were wrong". I also wonder if the people that jumped to conclusions will examine why they did that, but that's not a political statement.

What do you think politics is exactly?

Not one executive murdering another executive.

That’s a pretty simplistic view of the world.

No, it's just accurate. A personal or business problem between two people is not political. What happened is a lot of people wanted this issue to be political, but they turned out to be wrong.

Right, you don't think its political. But of the people who want to say SF is a crime-ridden hellhole, it will be political to them. So saying they are wrong invites them to argue with you about something they see as political.

It does seem like there is a constituency that wants to make this political, facts be damned. Calling that out will probably invite them to continue down their chosen path as you say, but it's still worth pointing out false narratives, even if the response is kind of annoying.

Those are the facts of the case, however what they were commenting on was the conversation that arose and has been ongoing since the event, which is out of line with the facts as we have come to know them. That conversation exists and is already political, there is no “making it political” at this point.