[banads]

Please elaborate on how this comment is a political or ideological battle? A person asked a specific question about US history, and I replied with relevant historical documentation.

How could I have answered their question in a way that does not destroy HN?

[dang]

First, just to clarify: if I say "Please stop using HN for X" it means that there's a pattern rather than just an isolated comment, and the request is to stop the pattern. If it were a one-time violation I'd say "Please don't".

With this particular comment: it's taking the thread into a generic ideological tangent, away from the topic, on a classic flamewar theme. Also, "the US supporting gangsters" is flamebait. Please avoid denunciatory rhetoric on HN generally. It kills curious conversation, which is the purpose of this site. And it usually triggers people on the other side of the issue into doing worse.

Also, although you used the words "lots of evidence", the comment is shallow and uninformative.

Also, the link you linked to doesn't support what you said, so calling it "relevant historical documentation" is misleading.