As you say, the article is well written and interesting, it's also about a highly topical issue relevant to many in the tech industry. It's also about why crit

As you say, the article is well written and interesting, it's also about a highly topical issue relevant to many in the tech industry. It's also about why critical theorists flat out refuse to engage in debate over their beliefs. And Hacker News, a community that has more than its fair share of critical theorists, is witnessing a systematic effort to stop people even meta-debating why critical theorists don't debate. Obviously defining a flag-worthy story as "one with a lot of flagged comments" is circular logic. The sort of people who want to avoid debate at all costs will certainly white-out and flag people who try to debate them. It's visible on so many threads here. That doesn't mean the article or comments aren't good. Sad to say but Hacker News is really nowhere near as good at promoting intelligent curiousity as its staff like to believe. The software just isn't good enough to do that and nor do the owners ever upgrade or experiment with it to try and make that situation better.