It shouldn't be, but politics is a religion for many who lean left. One of the biggest liberal names just passed away, so it's here. My comment is way out of line, but so is this submission, but that's what happens when politics is introduced.
Saying "politics is a religion for many who lean left" is deliberately inflammatory. You don't get to blame the topic of conversation for your own bad behaviour.
It shouldn't be, but politics is a religion for many who lean left
Aw crap, you and I are now gong to start a political argument on HN. Well it's a Ted Kennedy story so here we go.
A clear majority of hackers, including me, are libertarians, not liberals. And I guess (but actually mostly hope) most of the HN readership is libertarian.
And I definitely don't think this belongs on HN. But I also very much doubt "liberals" are voting it up.
