Ask HN: What's with the Flagging of Upvoted Comments?

I’ve noticed a concerning effectiveness to brigading/flag spamming that will get comments taken down. My reply to a comment:

‘’’ > My old manager put it best: No politics and religion in the workplace

I wish all the diversity, equity, and inclusion teams at work who host women only events and talk about gender pay gaps over lunch would be considered politics and banned. But for some reason those teams have flipped a middle finger to the no politics rule and have been rewarded for it. ‘’’

Flagged with +3 upvotes.