Comment by carabiner

Yep this happened with my last 3 flagged submissions. All on social issues. Really sad because especially first one listed below I thought would elicit good discussions, somewhat tied other issues like affirmative action.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35867458

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36065735

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36627969