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Is the article itself also disallowed, or only my factual rebuttal?

I didn't ban you because of your point about whatever your point was. I banned you because you've been using HN primarily for ideological battle and that's not allowed here.

The reason I replied to your GP comment is that (a) I had to reply somewhere, and (b) it was the most recent place to do so.

Sorry, I phrased my question poorly. What I meant was, does the linked article also count as discouraged ideological battle (even if, on its own, it doesn't merit a ban)?

I guess that's a borderline call. The topic is ideologically fraught; on the other hand, it looks like there's interesting history there, which it would be possible (though perhaps not easy) to discuss while holding a state of curiosity.

If this thread had gotten a lot of attention, standard mod practice would probably have been to (1) let the article stand, but (2) change the title to something a bit more neutral.

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