The specific comments I'm referring to have been downvoted and flagged into oblivion now so they're probably not visible unless you have the 'showdead' option i

The specific comments I'm referring to have been downvoted and flagged into oblivion now so they're probably not visible unless you have the 'showdead' option in your user profile turned on (it's off by default). There is plenty of legitimate conversation going on too.