As far as I know, if submissions get flagged they get downranked. Not sure about the details.
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It's not currently flagged, though. (Or at least, it's not currently marked [flagged].)
dang has detailed this before. After so many flags vs upvotes, a post is pushed to the bottom of the third page or top of four page of results. This is is before the [flagged] state is reached. You can often find highly upvoted but "politically contentious" submissions at position 90 or above.
Or use https://news.ycombinator.com/active
It's not linked from the homepage though.