> This is now the second article or so on the HN front page that attempts a vigorous defense of free speech but then immediately undermines that by spending ink

> This is now the second article or so on the HN front page that attempts a vigorous defense of free speech but then immediately undermines that by spending ink on Trump. You have to establish your bona fides up front ("Trump's real bad, hell, he might declare himself dictator if he loses the election!!!") before saying this sort of thing, as a sort of preemptive defense against getting called a Nazi.