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Says the account posting an off topic comment...

That article is debunking that he was in the SS. Noone ever claimed he was.

No

You are a hater for saying he is a hater.

How is that hate speech...

Patreon is reknown for political censorship of centrists and the right.

Throwaway accounts for normal contributors out of fear of backlash

CoC encourages harrassment through doxing and witch-hunts. It actually has the opposite effect.

You were rude to me on a bug tracker? I'll dox you and find something you said 5 years ago which is offensive and report it to the committee to get you banned.

And for those saying it's not censorship it's a private platform. At what stage does it become censorship? * When they ban his web hosting account * When his DNS registrar bans him? * When his payment processor drops him? * When his broadband providers bans him?

You can't call this website "hacker" news anymore. Hacker culture is supposed to be about openness and anti-censorship no matter who the individual. In celebrating or justifying the censorship of infowars this community has shown it's true colors.

I'm quite frankly ashamed to see what HN has become.

What happened to the HN I once knew. Anti-censorship no matter who the individual. The fact that we have the majority of people here celebrating censorship truly scares me.