Most web communities are politically polarized in one way or the other. If you do not like the political stories, Reddit allows you to unsubscribe from the politics sub-Reddit. Or just don't visit the site.
The problem is that most stories about atheism is not posted in the atheism subreddit. Most of those stories spill over into worldnews or math or science. Stuff about conservative american commentators gets labelled 'funny'.
"Or just don't visit the site."
That was the solution yes. YCnews is fairly tame and people are well mannered.
Unfortunately, people don't always use subreddits. People always think their pet issues belong in general, or perhaps worldnews.
And it's not just political stories that are the problem with reddit. It's the fanatic tone that many users take in the comments of stories that really shouldn't be polarizing.
