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why was it flagged?
by baby 1y ago
why was it flagged?
- lenzm 1y ago[flagged]
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoDude. Not everybody who flags political posts on HN is a fascist. Some are just really tired of the amount of political posts here. A lot of people don't have any problem saying that this is wrong. They just don't want the discussion to be here. They aren't fascists, or working on behalf of fascists. They just want HN to not be the all-politics-all-the-time channel that it seems to threaten to become.
- sgnelson 1y agoMy thing is this: You don't have to read it. You don't have to read the article and you don't have to read the comments. HN is just about the simplest aggregator website there is. Simply scroll down two lines and you're onto the next story. But instead of ignoring it, there is very much a contingent of people on this website that would rather that no one discuss these controversial topics. Because you don't simply want to ignore it, you want others from seeing it. As afterall, there is the hide command, which you could also use. But I (and I believe others) think that these sorts of discussions are important, and people around here want to discuss them. Not all "political" stories are the same. This isn't "politics," where we're talking about taxes, or which minor laws are being passed, who's winning in what political race. This is about the future of American Democracy being gutted before our very eyes. But it's okay, you just go ahead and keep your eyes closed. I'm sure it'll all just go away because you want to ignore it.
- Freedom2 1y ago> But it's okay, you just go ahead and keep your eyes closed. I'm sure it'll all just go away because you want to ignore it. Despite the rest of your post being quite good, this right here is against the HN guidelines. It doesn't spark the curious discussion that the moderators here try to encourage and foster.
- esseph 1y ago[flagged]
- myvoiceismypass 1y ago> Dude. Not everybody who flags political posts on HN is a fascist. Some are just really tired of the amount of political posts here. Don't read it and then move along. Why participate (and comment on?!?!) a discussion you feel unworthy of this space?
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoI read it. I didn't flag it. I'm just trying to shed some light on the set of motives of people who do flag such posts. If you automatically label anyone who flags such a post (or worse, labeling all of HN) as fascists, you need to cool your jets.
- esseph 1y agoThen they should stop flagging posts, because otherwise they are complicit
- esseph 1y agoThen leave the post alone and don't read it