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This comment seems to be contributing to the exact problem it is complaining about. You are rambling about politics and racism, neither of which are mentioned in any way, shape, or form in the linked article.

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Well, HN is kind of famous for veering off topic. It has its pluses and minuses.

Off topic comments belong at the bottom of a thread.

This is not HN specific. People only read headlines so they can't say anything about the actual topic at hand but they want to say something so they say something tangentially relevant.

Is that the case here? Sometimes people have something they want to get off their chest. Some of the more interesting HN conversations start that way. As well as the more boring ones like ranting about ads on the website where the article appeared.

You'll have to pardon me. It's Saturday afternoon and I'm just idly reading the comments on this topic.

It's explicitly against HN guidelines:

Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes.

<https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html>

I am saying this because I find it interesting that news coverage of Chicago outside of Chicago often involves some sort of defect or problem, cumulatively building up to impressions that the city is badly run or in bad shape - something most long-term city residents don't see at all.

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