Granted, these events have nothing to do with tech, but I'm amazed that nobody here is willing to show their support for freedom of speech and democracy.
I am sad that absolutely no one upvoted this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8856502
"Nobody here is willing to show their support for freedom of speech and democracy" is a fallacy. If you know HN, you can see a lot of discussion of these topics, especially when they clash with technology or if technological aspects are touched.
Yes, what happened is horrible. But this does not mean that every site everywhere has to participate in the aftermath. There are many events every day that "should" have public awareness, but I feel we should also have the right and opportunity to stay in focused, filtered sub-communities. HN is about "hacker stuff" foremost, not politics, religion or current affairs.
And who are you to make a point about "what hackers stand for"?
I think HN is trapped: On the one hand flagging is necessary to mitigate the constant influx of people who write poor comments which might scare people away, on the other hand it often chokes off interesting topics. What's left is a lot of boring and fleeting stuff, which eventually scares people away too. Fixing this situation is difficult, but maybe it would be a good start to stop downvoting contrary opinions, digressing and humorous comments, and to stop hastily judge other people. What's wrong for example with someone who is concerned that there is not enough awareness for free speech and democracy on HN? If that is his or her perception, why does it deserve a downvote?