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"Can everyone acknowledge" is such a weird phrase, just like "can we all agree". No, we can't, this isn't how things work, everyone has a right to their own opinion etc.

And it wouldn't have been flagged out of existence, see this post from 4 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25015967

Ok, I'll acknowledge that I'm incorrect about this.

I don’t think that’s true. I feel like we get an allowance of one of these posts per election if you go back in HN history.

Ok, fair enough. I was going from the assumption that political posts generally are removed from hn. But, clearly there's just some nuance that I didn't recognize.

I appreciate you acknowledging this. Something not done enough. Thanks a ton!

It was actually flagkilled almost immediately, but was eventually revived. I assume this particular one was picked because it was the first article posted about the topic.

There were posts left up on many divisive issues with a "Be kind" message on them. I think what you are thinking of is a "election stolen, storm the capitol" posts :)