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Why is this flagged?

>>mola+(OP)
you think there will be a sane discussion here about it?

>>bdangu+C
So lock the comments. This is important. It's the most powerful man on earth doing the nazi salute on stage at the US president's inauguration party. He is the owner of several tech companies this is HN bread and butter. How on earth is this flagged

>>bdangu+C
So far, there's only one rogue comment. So yes, I do.

>>HaZeus+P2
it is because it is flagged :) you think there would be like 10 comments on a story like this 1 hour after it is posted?

>>mola+81
Not surprised on this.

I expect even more censorship on this site for the next few years (especially criticism) as even the mods and higher ups are kneeling down on this administration just a few hours into it.

>>bdangu+i5
Who can say?

>>mola+81
The sad truth is that a large percentage of the tech community (and general population) is happy with fascism — until it comes for them.

>>leotra+r5
The selective enforcement is what fucked over moderation on this site. Somehow Ukraine is considered an apolitical topic but Gaza isn't. Posts about North Korean troops and Russian losses are okayed because that's a boogeyman our progressive world despises. But then we upvote posts about war crimes in Gaza and illegal border expansion in the Golan Heights and the standard flip-flops again. You've crossed an invisible line, it doesn't matter how civil you were.

It has to be all or nothing. There is no apolitical discussion of modern technology, and this Trump/Musk ticket is going to show everything that's wrong with embracing such a fickle guideline. The worst part is, it's only going to contribute to HN's decline in civil digression and make perfectly intelligent people question why they use this site in the first place. We need this sort of discussion, otherwise people become complacent and tone-deaf like Elon.

>>tallda+ec
Why are you even surprised? I mean, considering the demographics of this site, these stances are to be expected.

>>faizmo+mg
Right? The Orange Site earned its reputation.