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First, I appreciate the comment you made, which is fortunately at the top of the thread right now. I don't understand why HN hasn't banned the America Bad comm

First, I appreciate the comment you made, which is fortunately at the top of the thread right now. I don't understand why HN hasn't banned the America Bad comments by now given their prevalence in so many threads. It would not be tolerated if it were directed at most any other nation (China still gets a lot of that type of nation-level ad hominem commenting). Such low quality comments never contribute positively to a thread. People seem to throw them in as a cheap excuse to attack the US via tangents that are usually only connected to the discussion at a bare minimum level. And simultaneously they seem to often directly or indirectly insult the OP they're responding to in the process.

NotSammyHagar 7y ago
You seriously want to ban comments about limitations in America? Because america is really great or something? I read your comment and I think it's serious, please elaborate why comments about the us should be treated differently.
dang 7y ago
The moderation comments we post against nationalistic flamebait and slurs are the same for all countries. I've posted many such comments in response to comments talking about the US, India, China, Russia, South Africa, you name it. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20national&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... If you see a comment that hasn't been moderated that should have been, the likeliest explanation is that we didn't see it. We don't (can't) read everything that gets posted here. You can help by flagging it and, in egregious cases, emailing us a heads-up at hn@ycombinator.com.