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Shaming is a deep-seated evolutionary mechanism to somewhat gently encourage people to conform to the norms of society. It works pretty great on almost everyone
by matt4077 9y ago
Shaming is a deep-seated evolutionary mechanism to somewhat gently encourage people to conform to the norms of society. It works pretty great on almost everyone.
I'm also wondering why HN is having dozens of articles hit the frontpage defending white supremacists. I distinctly remember a general agreement of get-a-job when Occupy Wall Street was forced off the streets by police.
- pc86 9y agoDozens of pro-white supremacist articles? Please provide links. I haven't seen a single one. And I don't know what that has to do with OWS or the feeling that they should get jobs.
- imron 9y ago> Dozens of pro-white supremacist articles? Please provide links. Some people conflate defending the free speech rights of white supremacists as being pro-white supremacist.
- pc86 9y agoThat's why I asked for links - I simply don't believe there has been even a single pro-white supremacy article.
- tedsanders 9y agoI hesitate to comment because I don't think this conversation is productive. But I'll stray in. Your request for links is strange because Matt never said there were pro-supremacy posts. He said there were posts defending white supremacists. You have conflated the two concepts.
- pc86 9y agoI don't take "defending white supremacists" as defending their right to free speech or to assemble peaceable (which I support). I take it as defending them, which I don't. I may be misinterpreting him for sure! That's part of why I asked.
- benchaney 9y agoDefending the right to free speech for everyone is not the same as defending white supremacists, so it sounds like you are the one conflating two concepts.
- tedsanders 9y agoMy apologies if I gave you this impression. I only tried to clarify what was in Matt's post. I didn't think I was making any positive claims myself, but apparently I gave that impression. I'm sorry to have posted in this conversation and I wish I could delete my comment. I feel very sensitive to receiving downvotes.
- module0000 9y agoWhat articles? Sounds like you are trying to "shame" HN. Shame....what a state of affairs we are in. We write articles, comments, and do all sorts of things over what boils down to "hurt feelings". Grow up world, there are real problems and actual hardships that exist, and shame has never been either.
- Jonaisoi 9y agoI don't think its any surprise that class tensions that could have unified the lower classes have been redirected into racial/gender tensions that have us fighting...
- dang 9y agoThat's probably sample bias, because the posts you disagree with stand out more (where by 'you' I mean everybody). There's almost no general agreement on HN. That's why the threads on divisive topics are so divisive.