Arguing for an unpopular position is not a violation of the HN guidelines.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Please stop flagging comments simply because they go against your ideology.

There is serious irony in you advocating for this type of knee-jerk censorship of views you oppose, in a thread about authoritarianism.

"The current government is an evil, oppressive police state. Anyone who suggests otherwise must be silenced!!"