Aaand it's flagged. This kind of discussion is suppressed on HN too, not just on campuses.
It's because people are unable to handle these topics without delving into conspiracy theories.
You had two paths you could have gone down.
Path one - it's active suppression, which means mens rea, which means someone is out there silencing me, which means a conspiracy is active, to shut down criticism of Israel. Which means the Elders of Zion are at it again.
Path two - hn users have clicked flag, so it's flagged
Why did you choose path one? What about this topic is breaking peoples' brains so badly? That's why I clicked it. I don't want hn users to verbalise their anti-jewish theories.
That's not a reason to flag a submission, that's a reason not to read the discussion.
What a load of bullshit. "Anyone who thinks users are flagging this submission in deliberate bad faith must also believe xyz conspiracy theory"
> This kind of discussion is suppressed on HN
Typically people wouldn't use "suppressed" to mean: "there are disconnected users of this website who are, without coordination, independently flagging this submission in deliberate bad faith".
Typically "suppression" would refer to a coordinated deliberate act.
So I was simply replying to the most common interpretation of the user's words.
I understood them to be saying that a deliberate (and not accidental) attempt is being made to prevent "this kind of discussion" from happening.
ya uh... ok
It seems fair to me, and it is probably healthier for all of us the less we are inundated with news and discussion about it. Nobody will change anybody's perspective about it, and none of us can do anything positive to help the situation.
It is true though that a lot of people who were previously decrying things like "cancel culture" are pursuing it vigorously with regard to people drawing attention to Palestinian suffering, and/or at least keeping quiet when they see it happen.