[erikj]

"Discussions about race/gender" is also political discussion, it's very strange that the author doesn't understand this unless he has some implicit intentions here and separates these topics on purpose.

[minimaxir]

A good example of the Hacker News reaction to gender topics (and no relation to partisan politics whatsoever) is what happened when a YC engineer launched a online community for women: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16159808

[ryanianian]

Not to get too meta, but the fact that "discussions of race/gender in tech == politics in general" is a call-out that many may not think of.

E.g., an article discussing women tech leaders may not seem like regular politics, but recent politics tend to prove otherwise.

[tyrust]

There's nothing strange about drawing a distinction. You calling it "strange" in an attempt to create controversy where there is none is uncool.

[SAI_Peregrinus]

Political discussion should be understood to mean discussion about the activities and policies of governments. Discussions about race/gender are far more often about tech companies internal policies, and thus a separate (but related) category.