It's more or less random which comments we "choose to take a stand over". If we see people breaking the rules, we ask them not to. There's no implication of a total ordering, or any hierarchy of abuse.
The idea that if comment X says one thing and Y says another and we reply to X but not Y, that means we're endorsing "violent police responses to the homeless", is... not valid. It's not possible for us to see everything, even in the same thread, let alone all threads.
If you see particularly egregious comments that haven't been moderated, you're welcome to point them out to us and we can take a look. hn@ycombinator.com is the best way to do that.
I never claimed or implied that you are endorsing anything. Tolerating and endorsing are different things.
The thread was full of people blaming the homeless for the murder before any facts were known and calling for a response. Not one or two comments, a thread full of them.
Ok. I thought you were implying some sort of bias or incorrect priority in how we moderated that thread, and didn't think that was true or fair. I posted dozens of moderation comments there, and did plenty of scolding of the comments you're objecting to. In fact I spent my entire day doing that and related things; it wasn't possible to do more.
If that wasn't what you were saying, I'm sorry for misinterpreting you!
