Comment by perching_aix

> asking others to flag an article is not about sharing an opinion

It's also not what I pointed at to be an opinion, but this:

> This is not a forum for original research. Additionally, this community is not well-equipped for sober analysis of divisive topics.

Interesting thing to point out nonetheless, will mull it over.

> due to these flags

I do not believe this can be established. I further find it very unlikely that people would flag a post decidedly because this specific downvoted person encouraged them to.

> to defend the claim someone didn't do exactly what they did

This is not a claim that was posted in the comments I was replying to, and so it's impossible for me to be defending it. I take you mean why am I defending the people who flagged the post and have encouraged others to do so - ignoring that this defending behavior is completely perceptual on your end, I wrote what I did because the reading that "they did it so that it would prevent discussion" is a different one, is implying more than the former, and I believe is strongly misleading and conspiratorial as a result.