> If we simply quietly downvote and flag but otherwise stay silent People already do speak up. I just don't think that HN has a general homophobia problem. Su

> If we simply quietly downvote and flag but otherwise stay silent People already do speak up. I just don't think that HN has a general homophobia problem. Such comments are definitively outliers and are dealt with by the mods and the community. The only thing I would complain about is that it doesn't happen fast enough for a site like this where posts come and go quickly.