More people in tech should speak up about how a blanket ban impacts American prosperity as a whole. Cutting off your country from an entire pool of human talent makes no sense to me.
Interesting sidenote: News about this EO was getting flagged and/or falling fast from the front page last night and this morning. Noticed it occurring for other political stories lately as well. Has anyone else been noticing this?
Also, discussions can trip the "overheated discussion" trigger due to comment behavior, which further down-weights submissions. I don't know the details of how this works, but have seen it in action.
The HN community does a lot of shaping of itself, and there does seem to be a strong desire to keep the discussions civil and constructive. A lot of the discussion around topics such as these generate more heat than light, which doesn't benefit the HN community.