The comment I replied to (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10379458" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10379458</a>) wasn&#x27;t a question. The original Ask HN was, and of course was not a religious flamewar. So I think you may have misunderstood.<p>If you want to read the comment I replied to, set &#x27;showdead&#x27; to &#x27;yes&#x27; in your profile. That makes comments marked [dead] or [flagged] visible.