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Comment by shapov | Hacker News Reader

This is ridiculous. At the time of me posting this 'felipepiresx' has 19 out of 49 comments in this thread.

And many more that were flagged. Also, same with goerge1980, a brand-new account less than an hour old as of this writing (most of his comments are gone, but a few are still floating around).

Well. Our comments are being flagged because our 1st amendment rights to have a contrarian opinion don't apply to internet forums like this one full of north americans.

In Brazil, shouldn't Article 5 of Section IX of the Brazilian Constitution, Title II apply?

It is a human right to speak freely, but it's not requisite that anyone provide a forum. While it's not perfect, HN does a pretty good job of supporting well-reasoned and factually-backed dissent.

Support arguments with compelling evidence, and you'll quickly find supporters. You're being downvoted and flagged for attempting to dominate the conversation.

Why is it ridiculous ? I cannot comment on a topic that I'm passionate about ?

Freedom of speech only works for people like you ?

It doesn't even matter what they post. Thanks to HN "feature" that stories with more comments than upvotes get buried, the mere act of posting a lot of comments ensures that this story gets off the frontpage very quickly, essentially censoring it. That's the real goal of these accounts, not changing anyone's opinion.

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