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How am I supposed to interpret the parentheses around the word regulate in your comment?
by na85 10y ago
How am I supposed to interpret the parentheses around the word regulate in your comment?
- CharlesW 10y agoIt's shocking to see this being normalized on HN. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses
- refurb 10y agoI don't think "regulate" is a Jewish name.
- mikeyouse 10y agoThe type of person that uses those parantheses usually thinks that there is a global cabal of Jews running the world, so when he says (((regulate))) he's insinuating some plot by the 'globalists' to further their own aims.
- salesguy222 10y agoI am insinuating that some of the largest producers of carbon waste feel that there is a Jewish Globalist conspiracy to affect their profit margins. To confirm this, you could just look at the politicians they fund. Hint, they aren't pro-Globalism. So I don't appreciate that people are downvoting me for using ((())) when I was using it to describe someone's views, not my own
- aswanson 10y agoI'm hoping the ggp did not intend for it to mean that, in good faith. It's probably a mistaken interpretation.
- salesguy222 10y agoThanks for writing this, I didn't. I knew ((())) had right wing origins, but I didn't know the history of it regarding Jewish names. In my comment, I described that some business owners who fund right wing politicians feel that there is a globalist conspiracy to cut into their biz profit margins, by penalizing carbon waste. Hence, they feel (((regulation))) is a conspiracy against their personal business empires. This is all my analysis. It is not to say that I believe people who believe in regulations are Jewish, and that they should be penalized for this. So I am upset that people downvoted me, if they thought I am an anti-semite
- salesguy222 10y agoI am insinuating that some of the largest producers of carbon waste feel that there is a Jewish Globalist conspiracy to affect their profit margins. To confirm this, you could just look at the politicians they fund. Hint, they aren't pro-Globalism. So I don't appreciate that people are downvoting me for using ((())) when I was using it to describe someone's views, not my own
- grzm 10y agoHN is not the place to ever use incendiary language or innuendo, regardless of who's views are being described. It's hard enough having civil, constructive discourse in an online forum. To purposefully inject such language makes it impossible.
- salesguy222 10y agoPersonally I disagree with you, not because I am Jewish or anti-semitic, but because there is no need to censor myself when something is such a seriously important issue. When dealing with politics, people signal who they are based on what actions they actually do. When you research people who are anti-regulation, you may notice some trends. Since you believe in censoring my discussion of these types of people, the reader will need to google this elsewhere, since apparently to satisfy you, I must not inject one word of potentially controversial information that might offend even just one person
- grzm 10y agoI think you misunderstand me. I am not arguing that you should censor what you say; I'm arguing that you should take extra care in how you present your argument. (Or, more simply, it's not what you say, it's how you say it.) The HN community strongly values civility and substantive discourse. To discuss difficult, contentious topics requires extra effort to ensure that forward progress is made. If that level of restraint doesn't interest you, HN might not be the place you want to discuss these types of topics. Regardless of your position, HN members will downvote and flag uncivil and flamewar inciting language.