[useragent86]

Mind-boggling, Dan. What did he say that even remotely comes close to "ideological flamewar hell"? Is "leftists" the keyword? Is criticism of "today's leftists" forbidden here?

Meanwhile this thread[0] that rants about the supposed evils of the "US right" (burning Harry Potter books? complaining abut D&D and heavy metal? what is this, 1995?) is not flagged, not dead, and not officially chastised, despite being several levels deep and the originator having doubled-down on the flamebait.

And then, when people say that HN comments seem biased toward the left, you express bewilderment. As I've said before, whether or not you personally apply moderation fairly, the fact is that the community does not, and the leftist bias is obvious. It's much like the supposed bias in policing: if people of one group get the cops called on them, and the people of another group don't, then even if the cops are fair in their interactions, which group are they going to end up policing?

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30239153

[dang]

It's just a shallow dismissal of the article and a generic yay-my-side, boo-your-side ideological post. That sort of comment has probably the lowest information-to-indignation ratio of anything that gets posted here. Definitely not what this site is for! We want curious conversation. Ideological battle and curious conversation are disjoint sets.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23959679

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[tomlockwood]

It's absolutely pertinent to bring up D&D in response to an article that says the "new right" is now engaging in censorship. The old right sure as hell did, too. Nothing new to see here.

[hansel_der]

do you really expect an answer/discussion?

looks like you just want to voice you disagreement.