[jazzyjackson]

Lots of users flag things because it’s a guaranteed flame war, I almost flagged it after reading because it’s kind of one persons opinion with a few references to politicians’ statements and it asserts that this is the whole story when it’s not, ie, just someone’s crappy substack without any substantial new info. But I’ll refrain hoping that there’s some discussion on the merits of banning Tik-Tok, but really anything Israel adjacent is not going to last long on hacker news. Arguing about it does not do much to build community.

[j_maffe]

The comment by the politician that pushed for the bill gives the post sufficient merit.

> but really anything Israel adjacent is not going to last long on hacker news. Arguing about it does not do much to build community.

I'd like to believe that the forum I'm reading from does not censor or facilitate the censorship based on political bias. I don't think I'm the only HN user to feel this way. This argument is purely defeatist.

NB: The post got killed from an abundance of flags btw so you were right about that. This flagging and "vouching" system is ripe for abuse and needs to be fixed.

[suraci]

> but really anything Israel adjacent is not going to last long on hacker news. Arguing about it does not do much to build community.

hahaha, anything bad adjacent china/russia/DPRK(aka enemies of the democracy) were never flagged

but to be fair, there are rarely any disputes under these submits.

> Lots of users flag things because it’s a guaranteed flame war

no, lots of users flag things because it doesnt fit the narrative

i know this clearly, you know this clearly, everyone knows this clearly, some just pretend they don't

However, I believe this is precisely one manifestation of democracy. Just as the Israeli people "democratically" support genocide, once you control education and dominate the narrative, democracy will do the rest for you

20 years later, genocide in gaza will become misinformation pushed by CCP and Putin, everyone mention it will be flagged