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Please help me understand how, "You are as out of touch as a republican supreme court justice. Willfully out of touch even." isn't somehow about 'rayiner, perso
by rosser 10y ago
Please help me understand how, "You are as out of touch as a republican supreme court justice. Willfully out of touch even." isn't somehow about 'rayiner, personally, given that it was said in response to his comment.
When I say "HN strives", I'm not talking about some sort of intentionality on the part of the community as a whole. That's not even a point worth debating (in this context, at least, though it might be fun after we've passed a joint around a few times...). I'm talking about every one of us, individually, and our specific contributions to the level of discourse here.
When you say "HN fails", you're therefore saying you failed (for the specific, situationally appropriate value of "you" — in this case, you, specifically). Especially when you follow that with "One more for the pile." Being all, "Welp!" in the face of the degradation of discourse you complain about makes you part of the problem, not part of the solution.