Funnily enough, that seems to be a common reason to suppress discussion of many issues of rights and fairness, whether its been about same-sex marriage or sufferage.
And people get called jerks in those discussions, too.
This isn't the "start" of the cause - this cause and problem has been going on for literally years now. Perhaps you are only just becoming aware of this because of this HN thread, but a lot of people have been fighting this for a long time.
It seems like you think people don't have a right to be angry about this problem. I think that shows how much you really care about how it hurts people.
>>Do you think suffrage was solved by childish flame wars or hard work?
Actually, I don't need to just wonder. There's plenty of historical evidence to show that suffragettes not only engaged in physical violence, but vicious rebukes of their opponents. At this point you've really shown that you don't know that much about the topic.
Do you think it helps if you believe in a cause to start off by calling people jerks. I feel sorry for you if you do.