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I love the people who anonymously downmod me for criticizing this crap without having the stones to say why they're doing it. Keep 'em coming, I've got karma t

• pg 19y ago
  There is nothing wrong with downmodding something without also commenting. I do it, and you probably do it too. It's not so much lack of stones as lack of time. It is, however, wrong to complain about it and to insult other users.
  • pius 19y ago
    Fair enough on complaining about it. 9 out of 10 times when it happens, I avoid complaining, but I wasn't able to resist this time around. I do notice a definite pattern with respect to this sort of thing on race related issues -- some people are quick to downmod, but slow to put themselves out there and have a real debate on the issue. It gets annoying and I'm commenting on it. If people want to downmod for that, you're right, it's their prerogative, but to me it's more likely that they don't want to publicly touch a radioactive issue than that they simply don't have time to comment. As far as insulting other users . . . who could be insulted? They're anonymous so there's no damage to their reputation. If they took personal umbrage, well, what can I say? They can feel free to say something about it, just like you did. Anyway, I'd much rather not deal with race related stuff on this site period, but if people are gonna post it, I'm probably going to comment on it. I posted a related story and then deleted it because I'd rather not see a rash of threads on this.