Comment by LinuxBender

Is there a place on HN

Probably not HN but you could set up a forum, set some guidelines and see what you end up with. With topics that evoke emotion there will always be people that are offended or outraged so I think you would be starting from a losing position. The world is a big place with many cultures beliefs and values. The internet makes that big world much smaller. From my own experience doing this I can tell you that your site will get DDoS'd when people get upset. They can't attack the other person so they will take it out on your site instead. They will also try to get your domain taken down. Do not allow uploading multimedia content. If you want to practice defending against such things and take on moderating emotional content then it might be an interesting learning experience for you. Register the domain through the DDoS/CDN provider and don't use that account for any domains you care about. Same goes for your server provider. Keep it separated from accounts you have anything important on. Expect to be doxxed by angry people. Avoid doing any of this if you have children.

Some forum software will let you configure ranks by post count or admin trust so that a message posted by anyone below a certain trust level will require moderator review before anyone other than that person or a moderator can see it. I would strongly recommend doing this if you plan to set up such a discussion site. This won't solve all your issues but it may extend the lifetime of your domain a little bit. Get some good moderators that you can trust from multiple timezones.