[nicpottier]

It is terrifying is what it is. That HN seems to be pretending that everything is going just fine and allowing these discussions to be buried is more than a little bit concerning. Have a fucking spine!

[AnimalMuppet]

For the 94th time: It's not that we don't have a spine. It's not that we're pretending everything is fine. It's that we don't want to discuss it all day long on HN. We want HN to be something else than a political discussion site.

[AlecSchueler]

Where is a good place to actually discuss it, then, and can the rest of us join you there?

[Tadpole9181]

Then don't discuss it? Literally don't click the thread, that's all it takes. Heck, you can even hide it! Why does everyone else have to pretend the world doesn't exist for your sensitivites? Why are a couple of users allowed to entirely dictate what is "authorized" to discuss?

[infecto]

You are projecting the exact reasons folks flag stories like this. It becomes an ideological battleground and that is not in the spirit of HN.

[nicpottier]

But vim vs emacs is fine?