Maybe it was flagged because the broader technical community doesn't give two shits about some perceived internet slight and is not interested in childish politics infesting software projects.

This one got flagged as well. Oh well.

edit: and it's not because of the story, it's probably because of the comments.

The comment threads about this turn into a disaster of people yelling about SJWs and so forth, would be my guess.

Edit: yep, happened again