You can choose to regulate speech on your own property or site (just like HN does).
You cannot vandalize someone else's property and infringe on their rights because you don't like what they say.
There's no equivalence between the two.
You cannot vandalize someone else's property and infringe on their rights because you don't like what they say.
There's no equivalence between the two.
Is it possible some/many/most of the people who actually participated in the activity also just found it interesting to do?