We've banned this account for using HN primarily for ideological battle. Regardless of what you're battling for or against, that's not allowed here.
Please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with.
Please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with.
This isn't just some academic comments section argument, it affects real policy and real people and real lives. Where on the whole Internet is open and honest discussion of this subject, who commits crime in America and why, permitted? Not Facebook, Reddit, very soon likely not Twitter. I had hoped HN of all places would be one such forum. I see now I was wrong. Your biased moderation is noted and a great disappointed.
I didn't ban the other account because when I looked at their comment history I saw a track record of mostly using HN as intended.