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Re:Livestream of Rand Paul Filibustering Reauthorization of ... by randomname2 on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @03:41PM (#9578719)
Well this specific submission seems highly relevant, and so far it hasn't been flagged off the front page yet :)

OT: I agree there is a lot of downvoting of submissions and comments with a political slant. Anything that's phrased as being slightly partisan seems to be immediately downvoted by people from the other side of the political spectrum because they don't agree with it.

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Re:Livestream of Rand Paul Filibustering Reauthorization of ... by JoshTriplett on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @06:06PM (#9579651)
I have in the past flagged blatantly political articles that align perfectly with my own opinions, simply because they had no place on HN. There are better places for politics; see also http://lesswrong.com/lw/gw/politics_is_the_mindkiller/ .

In this case, I think this article is relevant for the HN audience, because of the massive technology-related threat involved here.

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