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Comment by mikevm | Hacker News Reader

dang, why are such posts even allowed? It's posted by an anonymous user who's just created his account, and the content his highly one-sided and prone to create political flame wars.

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Some posts with political overlap are on-topic for HN. Exactly how we handle that is a complex question, but also one that has been well-worked-out over the years. Here are some detailed explanations:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21607844

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22902490

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so....

The current post was obviously submitted because https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27638871 got flagged. I'm currently trying to decide whether to restore the earlier submission instead of this one, which is what we'd normally do, or whether that thread is unsalvageable. Not clear. Edit: that thread looks pretty unsalvageable.

If anyone ever thought your job was easy, well...

Thank you (again), dang. I really appreciate your work.

You’re calling on a platform moderator to silence Palestinian voices. It’s the exact problem the OP is talking about.

Censorship in social media is definitely on topic for HN.

That blog article contains misinformation which I was too busy to address. I don't think this platform is the place for political flamewars. Facebook and other media platforms are full of anti-Semitism (yes, not just anti-Israeli stuff) in the Arabic language -- something which escapes many people here and in the media in general.

There’s no misinformation in this post and you’re fabricating a straw man.

This isn’t a political flamewar. It’s a discussion on how technology is used for censorship and oppression. 100% on topic for HN.

Not every source has to be “balanced”. A balanced perspective comes from listening to lots of voices, not one neutral-sounding summary.

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