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The HN community is strongly anti-Israel. Which is surprising, but then again, what's really still surprising these days? I do think this news is major enough
by almogo 2y ago
The HN community is strongly anti-Israel. Which is surprising, but then again, what's really still surprising these days?
I do think this news is major enough to justify being on HN. There is at least some useful discussions on the ICC that I found interesting, intermixed between the typical antisemitic messaging we're all-too used to seeing.
- phantompeace 2y ago[flagged]
- cwkoss 2y ago[flagged]
- grumple 2y ago[flagged]
- aliasxneo 2y ago[flagged]
- almogo 2y agoI suppose there's a bit of nuance here. I agree HN tends to be left-wing. I'm just surprised (and again, not very, not anymore) at the degree of anti-Israel rhetoric I see here - it's more alike what I'd expect from more fringe corners of the Internet. I hope the community is able to moderate itself appropriately, so far I think it's doing a fairly good job.
- kombine 2y ago> I'm just surprised (and again, not very, not anymore) at the degree of anti-Israel rhetoric You are saying this as if anti-Israel rhetoric is something bad. Israel is an apartheid state currently engaged in genocide. It is an absolutely normal reaction on the part of this and other communities to call out Israel's atrocities.
- aliasxneo 2y ago[flagged]
- EvgeniyZh 2y agoI guess my question is towards admins to decide which stories to unflag and not to users. I'm sure many stories from both sides could got to the top if users wouldn't be able to flag them.