https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29931805.
Your comment was a noticeable step into tedious, predictable flamewar. Please keep that kind of thing off HN. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for.
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My comment was also making the same point about the rest of the world opinion on Australian govs rules, that are affecting the player. And was clearly better backed, below, than the original comment
But imagine next time there is a covid post, someone comments:
"Many Americans think Fauci is a grade-A dickhead. It is politically unpalatable for him to be allowed to stay"
Even if there was a point there, it could clearly have been expressed in an acceptable way. And probably will in the future again
I agree with you that the GP should have used a different phrase there, but this sort of thing is a matter of degree, and what you posted was several degrees further into flamewar. Please don't do that, even when another post includes a provocation. That's in the guidelines too, btw:
"Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead."
I don't know what you mean by "confronted", but usually people have in mind something like the online callout/shaming culture. We don't want that there. Snark, name-calling, flaming, putdowns, and so on, are against the HN guidelines. They're also not in your interest, because (a) they don't persuade, and (b) they discredit your view in the eyes of neutral observers.
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