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This kind of comment, though surely well-intended, unfortunately doesn't push us in the right direction. The best move is to just post civilly and substantively on the topic at hand.

Edit: do flag unwarranted injections of politics, because you're right that we're not here for that either.



What would you suggest I do?

Given the comment score over the past few minutes, this is a contentious issue, and not one I'm willing to risk my flagging privileges (or other backend consequences like slowdowns or post throttles) for.

"Commenting substantively" about Twitter does nothing about the political flamebait that always winds up in threads about the subject, yet the only tool I have to combat it could blow up in my face.


To be fair, at this point the overwhelming majority of the comments for this submission are politics-free.




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