Comment by lbrito

1 day ago

Thanks for sharing. The way things are here, this will soon be censored - sorry, I meant flagged - here as well.

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dang  1 day ago

Attentive readers will note how often the "this will be censored" comments appear in threads that spend many hours on HN's frontpage.

  • lbrito  1 day ago

    I get the irony, but its a bit meaningless since we can't compare the quantity of these (yet) uncensored posts with those that have been taken down, and thus aren't visible.

    More importantly, other commentors here have already admitted to flagging this entry. The way flagging exists now rewards one-sideism and partisan behaviour - all it takes is a relatively small group of discontented people to take down a story that is otherwise interesting to the vast majority of posters. A counter-flag option would balance things.

    • dang  21 hours ago

      > all it takes is a relatively small group of discontented people to take down a story that is otherwise interesting to the vast majority of posters.

      That's not accurate, because if a story is interesting to the vast majority of users, it will get lots of upvotes—and lots of upvotes is enough to defeat a small number of flags. In that sense, we already have the counter-flag option you're arguing for.

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frumplestlatz  1 day ago

[flagged]

  • TimTheTinker  1 day ago

    How is this emotionally driven? It seemed like a dispassionate presentation of factual material to me.

    Of course, no presentation of facts is without bias of some sort (if only via their choice of which facts to present), so don't ever stop thinking critically. But flagging/censoring any presentation of facts (even biased) never helps, regardless of your viewpoint. If you disagree, write or promote a thoughtful take that explains why.

    I'm politically very conservative, and I'm super grateful for this. The intense political polarization in the US tends to allow party-line adherence on either side to substitute for accountability to the truth, and that is a disaster regardless of which side is currently in power. Whatever side you're on, please have the guts to hold your side's leaders accountable to the truth, not just the opposite side's leaders. We will all suffer if just one side fails to do that.

  • Alive-in-2025  1 day ago

    I strongly disagree with your assessment. Are you unhappy that it's discussing how the wealthy people are getting control of the us? Please make dispassionate arguments to support your views.

  • lbrito  1 day ago

    That's a dumb take. Burying your head in the sand won't change reality.

    If you cared to even watch the content you flagged, you'd have seen one of the former prisoners was a young college student with no criminal ties. I'm from south America and also went to college in the US. It could've been me.

    • aerostable_slug  1 day ago

      Note that the accused TdA member claimed to be a college student in Venezuela. He was not enrolled in any US school.

      Not saying he deserved to be deported to a third country, just that there's nothing publicly available that substantiates his side of the story. Part of not burying one's head in the sand is acknowledging when someone might not be the most reliable narrator.

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  • jennyholzer2  1 day ago

    > Maybe we just don’t want every outlet turning into yet another hysteria-filled version of Reddit.

    Give me a break. What do you think this is?