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Why did this get flagged?

birdsongs 7mo ago
Unsurprising, but we know why. :( HN is not unbiased, and not above censorship. Political things make it to the front page all the time, but this is the wrong kind of political thing. We're not supposed to talk about ----cides, at least, this ongoing one.
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Zealotux 7mo ago
There's a large amount of people flagging that specific topic and viewpoint, it's a regular thing on HN, I'm not surprised at all.
gambiting 7mo ago
Literally anything related to this conflict gets flagged immediately.
- UncleMeat 7mo ago
  The initial October attacks weren’t flagged. Violence in exactly one direction is flagged.
  - dlubarov 7mo ago
    [flagged]
    - gambiting 7mo ago
      Mentioning that 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza is anti-Israel story now?
      - dlubarov 7mo ago
        [flagged]
        gambiting 7mo ago
        Are there many places left in Gaza making military uniforms at the moment?
        dlubarov 7mo ago
        They somehow manage to find uniforms when they do parades. In any case, the principle of distinction merely requires combatants to wear distinguishing marks. Hypothetically if they ran out of uniforms, they could use something as simple as colored armbands. It's a basic tenet of IHL which is essential for the protection of civilians in a war zone. If the pro-Palestinian community was genuinely focused on the well-being of Gazans, they would have extremely concerned about this particular war crime, and would have urgently tried to get Hamas to stop from disguising as civilians.
        gambiting 7mo ago
        So the 20 thousand children killed in Gaza should have been wearing what kind of uniform to avoid behind killed? Just so I understand correctly. >>would have urgently tried to get Hamas to stop from disguising as civilians. So if the international community somehow pressured Hamas to wear uniforms, IDF would kill fewer children? Or they would stop their policy on waiting until a suspected Hamas combatant returns home and then blowing them up along with their family? I just feel like that's such a dishonest, morally bankrupt take. For every single Israeli killed in the October attack, Israel has killed 20 children. But hey, Hamas militants don't wear uniforms sometimes, damn I wish the world would talk more about this war crime too. I'm just trying to think of when my own country was under German occupation and 2 millions of our citizens were killed by Nazis - if internet was around back then I'm sure someone would have said that it's really suspicious no one talks about how our resistance forces don't walk around the streets in their uniforms or you know "at least wear an armband". If only anyone really cared about our well being surely someone should have pointed it out, maybe UK could have sent some strongly worded letters to the underground leaders to just wear uniforms when outside, then(and only then) talking about the genocide would finally be fine.
jacquesm 7mo ago
Uncomfortable truths.
93po 7mo ago
Literally the first comment I read was of the sentiment "Palestinians are all terrorists and deserve this" so it's not really a wonder why no one wants to read this style of conversation
nozzlegear 7mo ago
Presumably for the same reason things related to e.g. American politics gets flagged: everyone knows where they stand on the topic, and there's no good discussion to be had about it here – just flame wars.

Unsurprising, but we know why. :( HN is not unbiased, and not above censorship. Political things make it to the front page all the time, but this is the wrong kind of political thing. We're not supposed to talk about ----cides, at least, this ongoing one.

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Zealotux 7mo ago

There's a large amount of people flagging that specific topic and viewpoint, it's a regular thing on HN, I'm not surprised at all.

gambiting 7mo ago

Literally anything related to this conflict gets flagged immediately.

UncleMeat 7mo ago
The initial October attacks weren’t flagged. Violence in exactly one direction is flagged.
- dlubarov 7mo ago
  [flagged]
  - gambiting 7mo ago
    Mentioning that 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza is anti-Israel story now?
    - dlubarov 7mo ago
      [flagged]
      - gambiting 7mo ago
        Are there many places left in Gaza making military uniforms at the moment?
        dlubarov 7mo ago
        They somehow manage to find uniforms when they do parades. In any case, the principle of distinction merely requires combatants to wear distinguishing marks. Hypothetically if they ran out of uniforms, they could use something as simple as colored armbands. It's a basic tenet of IHL which is essential for the protection of civilians in a war zone. If the pro-Palestinian community was genuinely focused on the well-being of Gazans, they would have extremely concerned about this particular war crime, and would have urgently tried to get Hamas to stop from disguising as civilians.
        gambiting 7mo ago
        So the 20 thousand children killed in Gaza should have been wearing what kind of uniform to avoid behind killed? Just so I understand correctly. >>would have urgently tried to get Hamas to stop from disguising as civilians. So if the international community somehow pressured Hamas to wear uniforms, IDF would kill fewer children? Or they would stop their policy on waiting until a suspected Hamas combatant returns home and then blowing them up along with their family? I just feel like that's such a dishonest, morally bankrupt take. For every single Israeli killed in the October attack, Israel has killed 20 children. But hey, Hamas militants don't wear uniforms sometimes, damn I wish the world would talk more about this war crime too. I'm just trying to think of when my own country was under German occupation and 2 millions of our citizens were killed by Nazis - if internet was around back then I'm sure someone would have said that it's really suspicious no one talks about how our resistance forces don't walk around the streets in their uniforms or you know "at least wear an armband". If only anyone really cared about our well being surely someone should have pointed it out, maybe UK could have sent some strongly worded letters to the underground leaders to just wear uniforms when outside, then(and only then) talking about the genocide would finally be fine.

jacquesm 7mo ago

Uncomfortable truths.

93po 7mo ago

Literally the first comment I read was of the sentiment "Palestinians are all terrorists and deserve this" so it's not really a wonder why no one wants to read this style of conversation

nozzlegear 7mo ago

Presumably for the same reason things related to e.g. American politics gets flagged: everyone knows where they stand on the topic, and there's no good discussion to be had about it here – just flame wars.