While I don't agree with him, the use of the downvote/flagging in this whole comment section to silence opposing views is getting out of hand. Please just show

While I don't agree with him, the use of the downvote/flagging in this whole comment section to silence opposing views is getting out of hand. Please just show him how he's wrong, and leave the comment. There are a ton of assertions in here about the evilness of amazon which offer as little or less than his comment, yet are happily upvoted. When people complain about HN becoming like Reddit, this is what they mean. (yes, I know it's been turning into reddit forever, thanks.