Also, I think that this article was inherently political. To ask me not to mention politics in my comment of it is not in good faith. I can't see how this isn't more stifling to intellectual curiosity.
I wrote about our approach to moderating politicized topics recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20013092. If after reading that you still find something unclear, I'd be happy to answer additional questions.