For some reason, the Powers that Be at YCombinator allow unabated criticism of I...

zingmars · on Feb 28, 2018

I have enough trust in the HN community that they would be able to call out falsehoods and downvote comments that are factually incorrect.

Why would the moderators get involved anyway? Should they also moderate criticism of Russia whether right or wrong? of North Korea?

forapurpose · on Feb 28, 2018

> unabated criticism of Israel, even if it's based on completely made-up facts.

How is it criticism? Which facts were made up?

cryoshon · on Feb 28, 2018

get over it? it isn't their job to 1. have encyclopedic knowledge of a small and belligerent country and then 2. enforce others to the same standard. no country gets that treatment here.