I "personally" would prefer that such discussions still be made available, but that people have an easier way to block those if they don't want to discuss that (or at least don't want to discuss that at HN).
You can Greasemonkey the threads but you can't Greasemonkey the culture. This is why I favor "we make effort to keep HN focused on what it does well and imposed a collegial, supportive tone by consensus when possible and fiat when not" rather than "we'll allow the tone that prevails on Slashdot/Reddit and implement a poor imitation of Reddit-esque interest filtering."
The fact that you are getting downvoted is part of what stinks. It is a perfectly valid viewpoint. I happen to agree with patio11's response, but I respect your views and want you to feel like you are entitled to share them here.
