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I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks

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1009 points n1b0m | 1 comments | 19 Mar 25 11:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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greggyb ◴[19 Mar 25 13:34 UTC] No.43411777[source]▶
Why is this flagged?

First of all, it's about an entrepreneur traveling to the US for a startup, which is directly relevant to a significant proportion of YCombinator founders themselves.

Beyond its direct relevance to the core founding audience of HN, it is not clickbait or wantonly inflammatory, and is clearly of interest to many based on the comment activity and votes.

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mateus1 ◴[19 Mar 25 15:27 UTC] No.43413298[source]▶
Musk, Trump and DOGE topics are all being flagged, even if they are relevant… The tech world has blessed this regime.
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cutemonster ◴[19 Mar 25 16:13 UTC] No.43413934[source]▶
I don't think 51% of the readers here need to flag something for it to get flagged - maybe more like 5% or 15%?

I guess you can conclude that a few percent here likes Trump etc, but far from a majority

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debo_ ◴[19 Mar 25 18:46 UTC] No.43415853[source]▶
I think there's also a reasonable proportion of readers who want "political" topics removed from HN, even if the topic intersects with HN-relevant topics.

(I'm not one of them, but I believe many are. I appreciate where they are coming from.)

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AlecSchueler ◴[20 Mar 25 12:08 UTC] No.43422020[source]▶
This would be more easily believed if political posts unrelated to contemporary American politics were also being flagged, but they're not.
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1. debo_ ◴[20 Mar 25 13:21 UTC] No.43422902[source]▶
I hadn't noticed that, but I believe it. Many Americans I know are in "blinders on" mode because the intensity and frequency of American political angst is overwhelming them.