I flag them because they're bait for this sort of resentful complaining.
Normally I hide them rather than look at the comments, too, but I went "maybe this one is better?". And it's not. Standard cancel-culture hand-wringing about literally nothing, by an author whose claim to fame is finding increasingly nasty things to say and claiming that no, it is everyone else who is mean.
It's tiresome, HN doesn't need it, flag and move on.
> I flag them because they're bait for this sort of resentful complaining.
That's an interesting perspective. Personally, the stuff about not being able to get a lawyer to represent one is deeply concerning (to me, at least). I'd much prefer if this didn't happen, because innocent until proven guilty is an incredibly important feature of our society.
Can you clarify what exactly you feel like the resentful complaining is?
Normally I hide them rather than look at the comments, too, but I went "maybe this one is better?". And it's not. Standard cancel-culture hand-wringing about literally nothing, by an author whose claim to fame is finding increasingly nasty things to say and claiming that no, it is everyone else who is mean.
It's tiresome, HN doesn't need it, flag and move on.