I started submitting articles about brazilian politics to HN after I read a really nice thread about hiring in South America. Some of them have been flagged and still generated discussion somehow. I've learned to accept it. If they get deleted, I won't force the issue.

It's true that political discussion tends to devolve quickly. This is especially true for a fifty-fifty polarized country like Brazil. I'm still glad this community has been relatively tolerant. I almost always enjoy the conversations I have here, even when I do not agree.