"Lately" is a funny word when your account is thirty days old.

>What's up with that?

Always been that way on HN. You give a flagging ability to users and they'll press the button when they please.

>Why are Americans so censorious all of a sudden?

I wouldnt say there's anything nationality wise or all of a sudden about this.

>Are you all falling in line with the new authoritarian regime that quickly?

I would suggest that the hivemind here hates trump so this seems misplaced.

>I thought y'all liked free speech?

Free speech is only the government. Not anonymous users abusing a private entity's censoring system.