[jtedward]

I get this is a a technology forum a people generally shouldn't post politically charged stuff.

I am more then happy to never post any political crap here again, but I like to know why/how my recent post was flagged. I apologize, if I violated the etiquette or something.

[grzm]

Is this the comment you're referring to?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12940111

As to how, it was flag-killed, which means enough users flagged it to trigger its removal.

As to why, I can only speculate, but it may have been a combination of things:

- invoking "moral obligation" and "dignity as human beings" implies that people who don't agree with you are somehow immoral, which they might react strongly to

- "any means necessary" can be interpreted to mean that anything goes, including violence, which is pretty strong language, and more of a call to arms than an invitation to civil discussion (which is the purpose of HN, in part)

Some of the child comments point to reasons it was flagged as well.

And things are pretty heated in general around HN right now.

I wouldn't take it personally. Move on, reflect, figure out ways to engage more constructively if you choose to.

Hope this helps. This isn't meant as a criticism, just trying to read it as I see it, since you asked.

[jtedward]

"By any means necessary", was in retrospect an inflammatory statement, which I should not have used. I don't believe violence is necessary, or even helpful in achieving a moral society.

As for judgements about the morality of others, this is my opinion. I don't apologize for it. I know I'm unlikely to be directly persuasive using this moral judgement as an argumentative tactic, but to make people conscious of the intangible, quasi-spritual ramafications of their political beliefs does at least as much good as simply getting someone to believe what I believe.

Thanks for your superb analysis.