Your comment was flagged by several members of the community who all have a solid track record for flagging things due to being in breach of the guidelines (rather than due to disagreement, spite etc). So I'm not out of step with community standards here.
> Leaving one sided statements up like the GP is not a discussion.
Other comments in the subthread have also been flagged and killed, and I may reply to them also. I replied to yours because I saw it before the others and because its's clearly a party-political, inflammatory comment, and you are a repeat offender when it comes to guidelines breaches. In just the past 18 months, dang or I have asked you five times now to improve your conduct on HN.
> It's a political discussion, either allow it fully or don't.
> Referencing the morals of the same justification for slavery is a valid point.
The validity of an argument is a separate matter to whether it is expressed in an inflammatory way. We want to be able to discuss difficult topics on HN, and that can only happen if people are going to respect the guidelines and make the effort to discuss things with sensitivity and curiosity, rather than combativeness.
If you are only able to discuss difficult political topics in a combative style, HN is not the right place for you to participate.
Please avoid flamebait and ideological battle on HN. We're here for curious conversation.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
I don't see in any way how my comment was flamebait.
It's a political discussion, either allow it fully or don't.
Leaving one sided statements up like the GP is not a discussion.
My response was a real retort to that belief that America wouldn't function without below minimal-wage exploitation of illegal aliens.
Referencing the morals of the same justification for slavery is a valid point.
Your comment was flagged by several members of the community who all have a solid track record for flagging things due to being in breach of the guidelines (rather than due to disagreement, spite etc). So I'm not out of step with community standards here.
> Leaving one sided statements up like the GP is not a discussion.
Other comments in the subthread have also been flagged and killed, and I may reply to them also. I replied to yours because I saw it before the others and because its's clearly a party-political, inflammatory comment, and you are a repeat offender when it comes to guidelines breaches. In just the past 18 months, dang or I have asked you five times now to improve your conduct on HN.
> It's a political discussion, either allow it fully or don't.
> Referencing the morals of the same justification for slavery is a valid point.
The validity of an argument is a separate matter to whether it is expressed in an inflammatory way. We want to be able to discuss difficult topics on HN, and that can only happen if people are going to respect the guidelines and make the effort to discuss things with sensitivity and curiosity, rather than combativeness.
If you are only able to discuss difficult political topics in a combative style, HN is not the right place for you to participate.
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