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Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by Aerbil313 on Monday May 06, 2024 @12:16AM (#40271093)
> That's correct and IMHO its the right thing to do

I'm in awe. I'm pro-censorship myself as a general principle (though not in this obviously unjustifiable instance of it), but please be coherent. How come the current semi-popular opinion on HN happens to be pro-censorship, when HN community is against censorship in every other situation?

Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by mrtksn on Monday May 06, 2024 @01:27AM (#40271394)
I’m not pro-censorship at all.

I just think media is part of the warfare and it’s normal to try to control it during a war. I am anti war in first place, if you don’t want censorship don’t start a war.

Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by Supermancho on Monday May 06, 2024 @05:51AM (#40272907)
As a complete aside, I enjoy your posts. Cheers.
Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by mrtksn on Monday May 06, 2024 @01:38PM (#40277195)
Thanks!
Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by edanm on Monday May 06, 2024 @01:53AM (#40271530)
> How come the current semi-popular opinion on HN happens to be pro-censorship, when HN community is against censorship in every other situation?

The answer to most questions like this is: there are many different users on HN. You might think the "general consensus" of HN is one thing, but you're talking to a specific person commenting on a specific article, who has their own views, not to a generic "HN user".

And note that different threads will have a different makeup of users clicking on it. E.g. I wouldn't necessarily be interested in a random "censorship" thread, but this one is about Israel, so (as an Israeli) I am interested. Since this logic probably extends to other users as well, that will give the thread a specific bias, depending on its subject matter and framing.

Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by guappa on Monday May 06, 2024 @03:44AM (#40272211)
Because when "israel" is in the title, some accounts are unshelved to steer the conversation.
Re:Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices by raxxorraxor on Monday May 06, 2024 @07:23AM (#40273364)
Certain topics, this is one example, draw a different crowd than other HN articles.