What’s just flame bait though, like I don’t want to make Lemmy like Reddit could be. So let’s just discuss it.

Are you saying the original article was flamebait (intending to get people riled at the bbc), or your comment was, or any replies from here on will inevitably be?

Because I think there’s room for criticism and frustration about all these things, and that expressing those criticisms and frustrations (even if they’re personal) shouldn’t necessarily get someone downvoted to hell.