Why has this been flagged?

Users flagged it. We can only guess why users flag things, but in this case it's probably fatigue over this general topic, a belief that it doesn't fit within the guidelines for on-topic content, and an expectation that it will lead to another flamewar.

All those concerns are valid but we've turned off the flags now.

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sky2224 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

As much as I'd also appreciate a discussion on something like this, it's heavily political and HN isn't really the place for that unless it's directly related to tech.

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VikingCoder 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Censorship affects everyone.

Like, literally, your ability to understand the world around you.

If that's not "tech," then I think folks need to broaden their perspective.

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sky2224 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I agree, but I'm basing this on HackerNews' own guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

My explanation was a little bit narrow by mentioning tech though, that just happens to be the general thing shared most of the time.

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appreciatorBus 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There are plenty places that aren’t HN to discuss politics.

Since everything is connected to everything else, by your logic, every discussion forum must discuss everything.

If you prefer more open-ended discussions about everything, I would suggest trying Twitter or Bluesky .

	▲	peterashford 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You could choose to just skip the topic?

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neom 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

A good read: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45267159

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Freedom2 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It won't really spur the curious discussion this forum is known and loved for.