> As I understand it, this place is about technology and curiosity, not fascism and genocide

You have apparently not yet connected the dynamics driving so much enthusiasm for fascism and genocide. The tech industry owns this problem.

Most of these threads are flagged anyway, so if you want to be a part of this discussion you have to check /active. This seems like an eminently reasonable compromise, with only the occasionally discussion being rescued from the flagging gauntlet and bubbling up to the main page.