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I don't agree that it's off topic, nor that HN would be better if we suppressed it and acted like this isn't happening. We're trying for a global optimum*, and the most important part of that is not to settle for local optima, such as not discussing difficult things.

I've posted about this quite a bit, since it inevitably comes up every time this topic appears on HN's front page. Here's another part of the current thread: >>44403458 .

* https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

>>dang+(OP)
If you're really intent on fostering higher quality, honest discussion maybe don't just make exceptions for the the post about Israeli mistakes which they actually investigate.

There are reasonable discussions to be had, but the submissions which might catalyze them are quickly flagged (as opposed to defended, like this one).

Examples:

>>44409805

>>44409708

If you're going to defend how this inflammatory post is some kind of exception to your policies, you're going to have to do a better job.