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It's not up to HN's standards of civility to call names like you have (especially some of those ones), so users were right to flag this comment. The standard is
by sctb 10y ago
It's not up to HN's standards of civility to call names like you have (especially some of those ones), so users were right to flag this comment. The standard is higher in controversial or heated threads, by the way, because incivility in small doses tends to snowball quickly.
- edblarney 10y agoWhat? In the above post, I used foul language (sorry) - but I didn't call anyone names. ? I was describing a situation in which my ex-girlfriend was given special treatment by some unscrupulous people. When I was referring that people should 'shut the F up and behave' I was in no way referring to the person making claims, I was referring to people who are would-be harassers in general (i.e. 'they should behave'). I didn't call anyone names, I don't think in any of my comments ... I referred to two comments as 'bigoted' - because in my opinion they were. We can't go saying "white men are misogynists" - that's really not fair, I think it's within my right to assert that such comment is bigoted, and I was careful not to refer to the commenter as a bigot - but rather to indicate that the statement itself was. ... in fact, I was provoked ad-hominem quite a few times through this thread. I was told all sorts of things 'about myself' which is I think unfair. I have nothing to say at all about other commenters, or about the people involved in this situation. Anyhow, I'll get off the thread.