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> That's correct and IMHO its the right thing to do I'm in awe. I'm pro-censorship myself as a general principle (though not in this obviously unjustifiable in
by Aerbil313 2y ago
> That's correct and IMHO its the right thing to do
I'm in awe. I'm pro-censorship myself as a general principle (though not in this obviously unjustifiable instance of it), but please be coherent. How come the current semi-popular opinion on HN happens to be pro-censorship, when HN community is against censorship in every other situation?
- mrtksn 2y agoI’m not pro-censorship at all. I just think media is part of the warfare and it’s normal to try to control it during a war. I am anti war in first place, if you don’t want censorship don’t start a war.
- Supermancho 2y agoAs a complete aside, I enjoy your posts. Cheers.
- mrtksn 2y agoThanks!
- edanm 2y ago> How come the current semi-popular opinion on HN happens to be pro-censorship, when HN community is against censorship in every other situation? The answer to most questions like this is: there are many different users on HN. You might think the "general consensus" of HN is one thing, but you're talking to a specific person commenting on a specific article, who has their own views, not to a generic "HN user". And note that different threads will have a different makeup of users clicking on it. E.g. I wouldn't necessarily be interested in a random "censorship" thread, but this one is about Israel, so (as an Israeli) I am interested. Since this logic probably extends to other users as well, that will give the thread a specific bias, depending on its subject matter and framing.
- guappa 2y ago[flagged]
- raxxorraxor 2y agoCertain topics, this is one example, draw a different crowd than other HN articles.