Note: Flagging on topics like this typically occurs from user action, not moderators. These are not typical sockpuppet accounts either, but mostly established

Note: Flagging on topics like this typically occurs from user action, not moderators. These are not typical sockpuppet accounts either, but mostly established users that (conjecture) don't care about having the same non-technical debate among non-experts devolve into flaming and namecalling. See relevant statements and context from moderators here: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=political%20flagging%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... The best thing you can do to foster discussion of topics like this is to keep the discussion civil and interesting. Blaming the site itself is simply incorrect.