Exactly. It seems that a knee jerk reaction ('flag') is more in line with expectations than any kind of moderate reaction to sense whether or not this kind of article belongs here. As I said it was an interesting read, which nuanced my viewpoint.

The bury brigade seems to be more than content to punish any kind of 'non adherence to the rules'. That makes it simple for me, next time I'll flag, interesting read or not.

A well thought out response to some question that gets relatively little traction here will gain you one or two points, but a 'faux pas' in a popular article that doesn't really belong here will get you -10 in total.