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The discussion on this post itself was not toxic, and it has been immediately flagged anyway. Clearly some users very much are adverse to these posts.

You don't usually get feedback on your intuition so quickly, but it looks like I was wrong, and Melissa was right.

In your defense it’s already teetering on the brink, so I think it’s honestly a difficult decision to make.

That is a toxic reason to flag something! You can't just run from an important topic because some people will troll it.

Definitely not making the argument that it's a good reason to flag, or flagging content like that is good for the health of the community.

I think it’s a bit of both.