I'm not sure how this makes HN different from anywhere else. I can think of many sites where someone responds to a story quickly with a well-written, politically charged opinion. What's so special about that?
I personally delineate between politically-charged statements that are designed to promote clear thinking and those that are designed to sow muddled thinking through clever semantic games or misplaced emotion.
Fair enough, but into which category does your statement fall? You presented your opinion as fact and with minimal proof or argument for your assertions. That's nothing special.
Not to say I'm above doing the same thing, but it's nothing special. :)
There are times when it is enough to simply point in the right direction. Surely you've had an experience where you realized the truth in something simply by seeing it pointed out in clear terms.
In any case, passing by pointers is more time efficient than argument copying.
Sure, but the point is that with this particular opinion, it's not prima facie obvious. As a matter of fact, it's not even clear that you're correct.
Reasonable people can (and do) disagree on the net impact of minimum wage laws when considering it as a thought exercise.
Again, I'm not bashing you for this. But the idea that someone with the same political leaning as you comes up and says, "Yes! This person says what I believe succinctly, therefore HN is greater than other sites!!!!1!" is not sound.
