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Re:Polio Detected in US by twawaaay on Friday July 22, 2022 @03:18PM (#32196029)
> HN is generally okay with dissenting viewpoints.

No, it is not. HN is for more or less like-minded people and if you stay too far from the beaten path you risk the ire of moderators regardless of whether you are right or not.

Apparently this is the price of keeping it civilised.

Re:Polio Detected in US by mike_d on Friday July 22, 2022 @04:08PM (#32196534)
The abundance of straight up looney anti-vaxx stuff that ends up in the HN comments proves this is not true.
Re:Polio Detected in US by tekknik on Sunday July 24, 2022 @08:53AM (#32212993)
Which looney anti-vax stuff? Polio or COVID, as there’s a huge difference
Re:Polio Detected in US by triyambakam on Friday July 22, 2022 @09:00PM (#32199096)
One comment on a thread of hundreds is an abundance?