[jackyinger]

You’ll note I never suggested that hackernews was the forum for this.

If that failure mode is inevitable in hackernews culture, what does that say about the quality of the technical & business content?

[ACCount37]

"If putting rat poison in the burgers would cause people to die, what does this say about the quality of the burgers?"

Very little.

I've been told most hackers are humans - not machines or some kind of alien species. So I fully expect hackers to have the flaws people tend to do.

Partisan politics have a nasty habit of capitalizing on human flaws, and bringing out the worst in people who engage deeply in them. Which, in online communities, can have a self-reinforcing effect.

[jackyinger]

I’m not talking about partisan politics.

Do some reading about political philosophy and you’ll see how terribly shallow partisan politics is, and how deep the foundations of politics are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_philosophy