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Asking "what's the ulterior motive" is assuming bad faith. It is equivalent to accusing someone of lying.
by burkaman 10y ago
Asking "what's the ulterior motive" is assuming bad faith. It is equivalent to accusing someone of lying.
- ProAm 10y agoNot as much lying as having a hidden reason, and I think companies that who are very interested in profits more often than not have ulterior motives with the decisions they make. I wanted to bring it up for discussion, I find it very odd for HN to have a 'temporary ban' on a topic that is topically relevant and important to how the world works.
- burkaman 10y agoI completely understand why you brought it up, I'm just trying to explain that you were and are still assuming bad faith. From my perspective, this is not very odd because HN is not a general purpose message board. The guidelines have always outlined what is on and off topic, and politics has always been considered off topic. It seems like a very reasonable experiment.