I think this kind of flagging is misplaced. Politics is usually unwanted on HN because political posts usually reduces to "OMG, [Obama/Tea party] SUXXORZ!!!!".
When it's sufficiently interesting, politics is ok, the problem is propaganda and discussing values that are a matter of taste.
> When it's sufficiently interesting, politics is ok, the problem is propaganda and discussing values that are a matter of taste.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6120530 is a pretty good summary of why I don't want to see politics here. I'll also add the "bullshit asymmetry principle": http://ordrespontane.blogspot.it/2014/07/brandolinis-law.htm... - which tends to become important as these discussions grow. It's super easy to say some inane thing, but to properly refute it requires research, links, statistics, reason... it's difficult. I don't think "good political discussions" are a stable state, either - it's something that might happen for a period of time, but then decay sets in.
When it's sufficiently interesting, politics is ok, the problem is propaganda and discussing values that are a matter of taste.