&gt; <i>But I hope lefties realise that it&#x27;s their suppression of debate that frustrates people and leads them supporting reactionary leaders like Trump.</i><p>This has to be the biggest pile of horseshit I&#x27;ve read on HN recently. It&#x27;s cool if you&#x27;re not a left-winger yourself, but don&#x27;t make shit up and then subsequently complain that people aren&#x27;t treating you fairly because you provide a link elsewhere in your comment and are therefore &#x27;sourced&#x27;.<p>Similarly, the &quot;this is going to be downvoted&quot; is a very adolescent way of debating. If you&#x27;re upvoted, you &#x27;win&#x27;, because you scored well, and if you&#x27;re downvoted, you &#x27;win&#x27;, because &#x27;I called it; you&#x27;re all a bunch of reactionaries&#x27;.<p>If you actually want a proper discussion, don&#x27;t pre-shame your opponents.