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Why was this flagged?

• quelsolaar 6y ago
  I dont know. Maybe someone is trying help prove the point of the article?
• beej71 6y ago
  Probably because it's quite arguably not hacker news.
  • enw 6y ago
    HN has always been about a wide variety of topics.
    • beej71 6y ago
      While true, I'm pretty sure this falls in the gray area. Lots of people are here to get tech and cool geek info.
• rvz 6y ago
  One reason is that it encourages wrong-think in healthy discussions. /s Questioning why something is flagged is also against the 'HN Hivemind'. Now get in line. /s
• beervirus 6y ago
  Because words are violence now.
• AnimalMuppet 6y ago
  Politics is generally off topic. Things that are likely to give rise to flame wars are also generally discouraged. You may agree or disagree on whether this particular one is worth discussing, but that's probably the general idea behind the flagging.
• d3nj4l 6y ago
  It's user flagged, not mod flagged.
  • mssundaram 6y ago
    How is the difference indicated?
• deleted 6y ago
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