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Yeah, I feel like this is a case where we should be able to flag the flaggers.

Or at least show them a version of the site that hides political posts to save their techbro sensibilities.

I get why some politics is toxic, but this is so indefensible, it isn't likely to start a flamewar.

You can use the Active HN link it shows flagged stuff

I can, but it's a little backwards that a handful of antis can flag political posts upvoted by dozens of other HN users, with the rarest of interventions by mods.

It would make more sense to just allow users who don't like politics to not see politics. They get to keep their heads in the sand, we get to stay miserable, and the world will keep spinning.

Maybe there should be a limit how many items a user can flag?

By now it should be obvious that YC does not want anything critical of Drumpf on any of their front pages.

To clarify: yes, I claim that YC is willfully enabling whatever Hitler-esque shit this part of history ends up being.

Lots of people making money during this era of oligarchs, and the more open censorship keeps happening and being discussed, the faster it all might fall down. Hence, people try to suppress it.

sus, indeed