Are you being daft? You arrogantly told someone to “read the policy”, presuming they haven’t. And you stated that general politics are not allowed under the submissions policy. I’m pointing out that this is far from general. I think I’ve been quite clear.
>And you stated that general politics are not allowed under the submissions policy.
It's what the policy says. There's on-topic and off-topic with exceptions. Blanket statements about what "good hackers find interesting" is a partial representation of the policy.
> I’m pointing out that this is far from general.
Going back to you NOT answering my question, I'm not saying this is "general" either.
Generally discussion works best around here when each participant only has to explain their own points. If people have to explain your own points to you it makes discussion kind of hard.
And making points for someone else that they didn't make is also not productive for "discussion work[ing] best."
Explaining that the HN Guidelines has off-topic railings (with exceptions) too isn't saying that a tweet about POTUS resigning isn't a valid exception.
I guess people are on tilt because of the announcement.
Emphasis mine. This is not a “general politics” story and almost certainly qualifies as an “interesting new phenomenon”.