I see a lot of really specific and well thought out raising of issues in this thread, as it applies to technology, commerce and security, all very much on topic for HN.

Criticism of the current administration is an important part of democracy, we need to hold the government accountable, no matter who runs it.

I meant here, in this forum.

> Criticism of the current administration is an important part of democracy, we need to hold the government accountable, no matter who runs it.

Typical american imperialist mentality where USA is the only country that exists and/or matters:

- I'm not american

- I don't need to (or can) hold your government accountable

- I still believe allowing any politically-inclined post like this is toxic to this forum

There are a couple answers to that. One is that it's not possible not to. We tried once, as an experiment, and it had the counterintuitive effect of making the site more politicized.

The other answer is that a limited amount of political overlap is actually part of optimizing the site for intellectual curiosity. Lots of past explanations at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... if anyone wants more.