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Why was this flagged? It is hardly controversial to anyone who just cares about the facts.

johnthealy3 6y ago
Yep came in here to see if this was flagged and it was. Reinforces the author's point, and of course HN is part of the problem.
jbob2000 6y ago
Israel identifies itself as the Nation State of the Jewish People and have carved out special rights in their constitution for Jewish citizens. Any criticism of Israel is therefore seen by some a criticism of Judaism itself. This is a power that the Israeli government knows it has and they deploy it as needed.
- WesolyKubeczek 6y ago
  Ever tried criticising any country where Islam is their state religion, on their home turf? Or for that matter, any country where there is an official state religion?
  - jjgreen 6y ago
    The Church of England blows goats!
  - deleted 6y ago
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contingencies 6y ago
<also-descendant-of-escapees> Censorship here is part of exactly the same greater pattern of suppressing dissent, where dissent includes the discussion of actual levers of power. This is done on various grounds but frankly the technological apparatus created by HN members collectively is deeply responsible for the rapid growth of authoritarianism that these sorts of discussions would draw in to question if they were not so aggressively muted. It's why I originally left HN and why I owe it to myself to leave again. FYI the reply I was writing before refreshing the post before posting was this: So the allegation, likely well founded, is that state-affiliated apparatus actually bothered to dedicate resources to monitor twitter, pull him up, and execute such a maneuver. Personally I wonder what the forebears of Israelis who experienced the Stasi would think if they woke up in modern Israel. On the question of the moral position of Israel, who do you believe: Jewish intellectual greats such as Einstein + Chomsky, the latter who as early as 1992 summarized that he was subject to the endless lies of the Anti-Defamation League and its friends, or a chilling silence still being actively promoted murky behind-the-scenes power structures of centralist media owners in 2021? You be the judge. ... now of course, that silence has reached HN. </also-descendant-of-escapees> Bye, HN. PS. Here is a recent quality article by the same author https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/01/lets-remember-how-authoritarianism-takes-hold https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/01/lets-remember-how-aut...
yamrzou 6y ago
I think it was flagged because it breaks the HN guidelines, specifically that political/inflammatory stories are (mostly) off-topic. It's unfortunate because I liked the article and the author's writing style.

Yep came in here to see if this was flagged and it was. Reinforces the author's point, and of course HN is part of the problem.

jbob2000 6y ago

Israel identifies itself as the Nation State of the Jewish People and have carved out special rights in their constitution for Jewish citizens. Any criticism of Israel is therefore seen by some a criticism of Judaism itself. This is a power that the Israeli government knows it has and they deploy it as needed.

WesolyKubeczek 6y ago
Ever tried criticising any country where Islam is their state religion, on their home turf? Or for that matter, any country where there is an official state religion?
- jjgreen 6y ago
  The Church of England blows goats!
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]

contingencies 6y ago

<also-descendant-of-escapees> Censorship here is part of exactly the same greater pattern of suppressing dissent, where dissent includes the discussion of actual levers of power. This is done on various grounds but frankly the technological apparatus created by HN members collectively is deeply responsible for the rapid growth of authoritarianism that these sorts of discussions would draw in to question if they were not so aggressively muted. It's why I originally left HN and why I owe it to myself to leave again. FYI the reply I was writing before refreshing the post before posting was this: So the allegation, likely well founded, is that state-affiliated apparatus actually bothered to dedicate resources to monitor twitter, pull him up, and execute such a maneuver. Personally I wonder what the forebears of Israelis who experienced the Stasi would think if they woke up in modern Israel. On the question of the moral position of Israel, who do you believe: Jewish intellectual greats such as Einstein + Chomsky, the latter who as early as 1992 summarized that he was subject to the endless lies of the Anti-Defamation League and its friends, or a chilling silence still being actively promoted murky behind-the-scenes power structures of centralist media owners in 2021? You be the judge. ... now of course, that silence has reached HN. </also-descendant-of-escapees> Bye, HN. PS. Here is a recent quality article by the same author https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/01/lets-remember-how-authoritarianism-takes-hold https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/01/lets-remember-how-aut...

yamrzou 6y ago

I think it was flagged because it breaks the HN guidelines, specifically that political/inflammatory stories are (mostly) off-topic. It's unfortunate because I liked the article and the author's writing style.