When will this change?
https://imgur.com/a/sSOghYC
Fighting misinformation is not done by shutting up every one you deem (rightfully or not, this is not the subject) inappropriate.
And HackerNews should not be a place to spread political views. And if it is, I might as well go find another place then.
And political posts and comments on HN are everywhere, with little ability to report misinformation and blatant influence campaigns, so maybe you should start looking for that next place.
If a media of any kind starts to filter what I can see, I will loose trust in that media. Being blind to the opposing side, and being stuck in a bubble where everyone agrees with me is the perfect place for misinformation to spread.
> And political posts and comments on HN are everywhere
There is a difference between "i think that ... because ..." (expressing yourself) and "we should censor/attack/cancel ... because they are the bad guys" (propaganda).
What we have here is bots utilizing platforms with a specific aim. In this case, it's a specific comment plugin (Disqus) on specific government-related site (RT.com) that's being used to facilitate a firehose of propaganda.
As Garry Kasparov says: "The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth."