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and that ignoring the "virus" or "symptoms" will make the adjustment that much more traumatic

There are other sites to talk about politics on. Personally, I'm happy to come to HN to learn new things.

Letting the community process the new inputs vigorously might seem more traumatic in the short term but it could also make us stronger overall.

An extremely active 3000-day HN user with excellent technical contributions was recently banned due to the way they chose to express themselves regarding a political story. This made the community weaker, even if it was a necessary ban.

>>sillys+(OP)
An extremely active 3000-day user with excellent technical contributions was recently banned due to politics.

They were banned because of what they chose to write, it wasn't just because of a political discussion.

>>maxeri+m
Yeah, I reworded it. Thanks for calling that out.

>>maxeri+m
Is there anywhere to read what they wrote?

>>memema+J1
It seems better to respect their privacy. HN is a public forum, but it's good not to drag a member's name through the mud. What's done is done, and there wasn't much to be learned from the exchange anyway.

>>maxeri+m
Having been here roughly 8ish years, I don't think I can recall someone being banned unjustly off the top of my head. Surely I haven't seen all of the bans play out, but the ones I have seen have always come as no surprise (Like I'd probably ban the person for 24 hours myself in a lot of cases. )

>>memema+J1
Yeah. Read the post history of the HN mods.

>>SamRei+R2
I was going to suggest that.

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dang

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=sctb

I guess it is also necessary to turn on showdead in the settings.

>>memema+J1
The thread starts here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13055016

>>sillys+J2
What's done is done, and there wasn't much to be learned from the exchange anyway.

I don't agree. I think it's worth reading and trying to understand the perspectives of the participants. I wouldn't guess that any of them feel embarrassed by their comments. Instead, I get the feeling that everyone feels like they did what they must and the outcome matched their expectations based on the world they each perceive. I think it's instructive to review the episode and consider whether a different approach might have been able to reach a better result.