So MLK and the suffragettes blockaded the town square and blew truck horns all night. Got it.
Oh, wait, no, they voluntarily sacrificed their freedom and were arrested, beaten, and tortured for their beliefs. I guess you're confused.
Oh, wait, no, they voluntarily sacrificed their freedom and were arrested, beaten, and tortured for their beliefs. I guess you're confused.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34537163 (Jan 2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22904111 (April 2020)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22114100 (Jan 2020)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19449785 (March 2019)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18233901 (Oct 2018)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16783015 (April 2018)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14278148 (May 2017)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10780427 (Dec 2015)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9985956 (Aug 2015)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8825352 (Jan 2015)
That's excessive and abusive. We need you, same as any other user, to follow the site guidelines regardless of how right you are or feel you are, and regardless of how wrong others are or you feel they are.
I appreciate your substantive posts but it's also the case that you've been posting abusively in totally other contexts (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40759689). If you keep this up we're going to have to ban you, so if you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and fix this, that would be good.
Don't want flame wars? Don't post flamewar-inciting links, as many of those arguably are, then object selectively when some people take the bait you're dangling.
That's not how HN works. Commenters are responsible for how they react and whether or not they follow the rules. It's not as if you have zero choice in whether you get incited or not, although I know it sometimes feels that way (to me too).
To remove an entire topic to prevent some commenters from posting abusively would be to punish the ones who are following the rules just fine. I don't think that's how HN should operate. Here's another recent post in case it's of interest: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40852027
Of course, not every story is on topic for HN, and indeed most provocative stories aren't—but that's a separate question. Some are, and the rules still apply in those cases. In fact, they apply especially then, as the guidelines make clear: "Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."
So did MLK.
Lol.