This is where HN shows its Reddit-esque Hivemind mentality that I thought I'd escaped. While I don't agree with your opinion, and while I'm not surprised that t

This is where HN shows its Reddit-esque Hivemind mentality that I thought I'd escaped. While I don't agree with your opinion, and while I'm not surprised that this stuff happens, I don't think it's right that your views are silenced. Dissent is the seed of progress. Here's an upvote. Puredemo is offering his personal opinion, and an analogy to political ads. I am not saying that what the PR firm did was right (It was certainly stupid)--and my friends at Facebook are surprised of what happened--but I don't think we should silence those that we simply disagree with. Rather, HN should be a forum for open discourse.