It's not the moderation team, your post was flagged dead by regular users, and is vouched for and back (for now). I agree it is very disappointing that even la

It's not the moderation team, your post was flagged dead by regular users, and is vouched for and back (for now). I agree it is very disappointing that even labeling hate speech for what it obviously is wouldn't be acceptable. I'm curious what peoples reasoning could possibly be for why your comment shouldn't be allowed. In general HN is supposed to encourage civil, not provocative, and non inflammatory discussion based around good faith arguments. However, there is no way to sugarcoat or steel man hate speech that isn't fundamentally dishonest- hate speech itself would seem to violate HN guidelines, and pointing it out should not.