It's not interesting. Every major thread on HN has at least one comment trying to force the America Bad angle into the conservation regardless of whether the discussion is about the US.
If the primary conversation - derived from the linked article - is about the US and about a topic having to do with something negative about the US, then it's both interesting (as the root source) and makes reasonable sense that it should be in the thread.
Otherwise it's nothing more than a political agenda - someone being triggered and unable to control theirself - being force-wedged into a conversation where it doesn't belong and it degrades the quality of HN dramatically. As it would if the same treatment were applied to any other nation.
Imagine if every large thread had someone trying to force comments about all the bad things France or Britain have done. Every single major thread. Now apply it to dozens of nations. Of course that wouldn't be allowed because it would be insane. It's insane to allow it for the US just the same.
It's not interesting to you. Not every comment needs to be interesting to everyone.
> Every major thread on HN has at least one comment trying to force the America Bad angle into the conservation
This is an extreme exaggeration. Plenty of large threads don't discuss this. I'd wager the vast majority.
> If the primary conversation - derived from the linked article - is about the US and about a topic having to do with something negative about the US…
There are plenty of sub-conversations on every thread that aren't explicitly about the main topic. On this post alone, there are comments about the definition of terrorism, bitcoin, health insurance laws, American military action, etc. It seems like you're singling out "criticism of America" as the only taboo topic for no real reason.
> Imagine if every large thread had someone trying to force comments about all the bad things France or Britain have done.
Nobody is "forcing" comments. People are leaving comments. About all sorts of opinions, including those criticizing other countries. And absolutely none of this happens on "every large thread".
> someone being triggered and unable to control theirself
Didn't sound like the commenter was triggered at all.
Sometimes I miss the days when such conversation was permitted. I’d vouch it, but I like my vouch privileges too much to risk it.