If I'm going to be frank here, it's because you've already allowed the trash in the street. The allowance of certain subjects to be discussed, combined with so

If I'm going to be frank here, it's because you've already allowed the trash in the street. The allowance of certain subjects to be discussed, combined with some of the moderation policies ostensibly designed to quell flamewars, have given a certain segment of the population a license to think they can act like this. You bring the hammer down just as hard on people also trying to defend HN. And since those people want to play within the rules, those who don't essentially take over. Because they have the time to do so. And they all fit a certain mold.