I think you&#x27;re spot on with this.<p>The general quality of discourse on any thread seems to drop hugely whenever politics comes up.<p>We seem to be able to leave each other alone when it comes to using vi vs. emacs - the odd joke comes up, but that&#x27;s about it.<p>But politics? There seems to be this attitude of conversion, missionaries, convincing, it&#x27;s kind of frustrating. I think it&#x27;s healthy to question one&#x27;s views sometimes, but not to face a constant onslaught.<p>Looking a bit harder, the language people use here is quite clearly politicized and strange - people use past tense, which I find difficult to interpret as anything other than trolling. No-one would say &#x27;Linux was a good OS&#x27;, because it currently exists and is used daily...?