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Why did this post get flagged? I though free speech issues were very pertinent to Hacker News. A post below by kyrieeschaton critiquing the Israel lobby was
by metacritic12 8y ago
Why did this post get flagged? I though free speech issues were very pertinent to Hacker News.
A post below by
kyrieeschaton critiquing the Israel lobby was also flagged. Her/his post just suggested the Israel lobby was involved in the process, and had nothing I'd consider offensive.
- compsciphd 8y agowhere in the post did kyrieeschaton mention Israel. they didn't. they only used the phrase "Jewish Lobby". and in fact doubles down on it in their responses.
- s9w 8y agoWithout being inflammatory: HN is one of the most anti-free speech place on the net. Comments and articles pro free speech are regularly downvoted, flagged, deleted or shadowbanned.
- singularity2001 8y agogood question. Also how much karma does one need to vote for 'unflag'?