Creator of “Ren and Stimpy” Accused of Preying on Underage Girls
A bit off topic, and realize there&#x27;s no way I&#x27;m going to come out of writing this unscathed, but I&#x27;m slightly frustrated in that I&#x27;ve used _exactly the same argument_ you just used here (specifically interesting new phenomenon), I believe in conversation with you as well (although it could have certainly been another poster, I certainly try to be internally consistent[0]) in previous flagged threads.  Although those had a political bent, I felt they had even more connection to tech due to the companies and personalities involved, as well as their implications.<p>Can you clarify to me why topics along this(OPs) degree of polarization seem to get significantly more &quot;institutional&quot; support than many of the topics in the political&#x2F;economic space that directly abut technology?  I&#x27;m somewhat at a loss how the same standard that you asked readers in the thread in [1], &quot;the ones that only stir up outrage, however justifiably, and don&#x27;t also gratify intellectual curiosity, are not a good fit&quot; wouldn&#x27;t apply to this as well.<p>[0](To not say this without some sort of reference, I have a track record of trying to speak out against these apparent contradictions, and realize I&#x27;m certainly opening myself up to attack here as I did in this post <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16577724" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16577724</a>, within a thread where you basically said &quot;I guess this wasn&#x27;t interesting enough because people flagged it&quot; and it garnered far less of a defense than this topic has.  The original topic for which that thread was posted did not even get a response, and was merely flagged into oblivion despite massive upvoting pressure.)
[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16578331" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16578331</a><p>Edit: personal curiosity, is it normal that my post appears minimized as dead&#x2F;flagged posts typically do, even in the case that it&#x27;s ostensibly not?