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HN is removing things that are 'libertarian' but not things that are 'socialist.' If socialist content is on the table, then libertarian content should be as we

HN is removing things that are 'libertarian' but not things that are 'socialist.' If socialist content is on the table, then libertarian content should be as well. When an article about a Libertarian movie reviewer on LetterBoxd was flagged and removed from Hn yesterday within minutes... https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/society-reviews-letterboxd-bans-libertarian/ https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/society-reviews-letterboxd-b...

LegitShady 7y ago
Agreed. I thought hn was about staying away from stuff like this. Nobody learned anything valuable from a Wikipedia entry on a socialist cartoon.
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busterarm 7y ago
Why is this even so high on HN? This isn't interesting news -- it's both a wikipedia page and propaganda. We're told to eschew flamebait in comments, but not for submissions? Flag this. > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
- WilliamEdward 7y ago
  is it propaganda because you don't like the message?
  - int_19h 7y ago
    It's propaganda because it's trying to advance a political or ideological agenda by influencing the audience through an emotional argument. There's nothing fundamentally wrong with that - any successful political ideology does this, because that's how you organize mass movements.
iron0013 7y ago
Is it considered kosher here to post a link in a comment after it was flagged and made dead? Seems like you’re trying to circumvent HN’s system.
- lbrooks 7y ago
  And you are one of the people who said it should be removed!
  - iron0013 7y ago
    Yes, that’s how obeying the rules and operating within the system works.
dang 7y ago
Every ideological side feels like the site and the mods are biased against it. This a consequence of ideological passion, not an objective perception. I can give you a long list of links where people complain that HN is biased the other way. Here are just a few: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20637454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20637454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21316611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21316611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21641004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21641004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21432833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21432833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21231654 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21231654 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21186128 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21186128 I'll stop there.

LegitShady 7y ago

Agreed. I thought hn was about staying away from stuff like this. Nobody learned anything valuable from a Wikipedia entry on a socialist cartoon.

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busterarm 7y ago

Why is this even so high on HN? This isn't interesting news -- it's both a wikipedia page and propaganda. We're told to eschew flamebait in comments, but not for submissions? Flag this. > Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

WilliamEdward 7y ago
is it propaganda because you don't like the message?
- int_19h 7y ago
  It's propaganda because it's trying to advance a political or ideological agenda by influencing the audience through an emotional argument. There's nothing fundamentally wrong with that - any successful political ideology does this, because that's how you organize mass movements.

iron0013 7y ago

Is it considered kosher here to post a link in a comment after it was flagged and made dead? Seems like you’re trying to circumvent HN’s system.

lbrooks 7y ago
And you are one of the people who said it should be removed!
- iron0013 7y ago
  Yes, that’s how obeying the rules and operating within the system works.

dang 7y ago

Every ideological side feels like the site and the mods are biased against it. This a consequence of ideological passion, not an objective perception. I can give you a long list of links where people complain that HN is biased the other way. Here are just a few: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20637454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20637454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21316611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21316611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21641004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21641004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21432833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21432833 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21231654 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21231654 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21186128 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21186128 I'll stop there.