Both of those are flagged. Actually almost all the submissions are flagged.
Doesn't change that this is a duplicate of them though. Something being flagged doesn't mean "please submit it again and again". If people want to discuss it, they can still do that in these, since they aren't flagkilled.
Given what he’s said about preserving the public square this is not surprising. I’m only surprised it took this long.
Not too surprising. It's easier after letting go of all the trouble makers ;)