You are, in fact, wrong. There have been multiple attacks on political speech, and even an Australian public service announcement video was censored.

I'm guessing you're not an American or western European, so you should know that very few people here are going to react warmly to comments calling gay people "degenerate", or lumping them in with pornographers.

If you want to send a message to the moderators, and I'm not saying this is a particularly useful one to send, mail hn@ycombintor.com. There are just a few moderators, and they don't see every bad post.

Direct appeals to the moderators just crud up the threads. The right response to posts you find inappropriate for the site is to flag them.

You have omitted political dissent.