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One could argue then that the author failed to get the point across, even if the point might have merit. It's any author's task to make their cases in a way so
by imartin2k 9y ago
One could argue then that the author failed to get the point across, even if the point might have merit.
It's any author's task to make their cases in a way so that people pay attention. In this case, this maybe failed. As I mentioned in my other comment: Using terms such as "offensive" when trying to make a serious point to fact- and argument-oriented people (which one typically finds on HN) might not work very well.
It's better to be critical of the author's approach to making the case than to assume that the problem are the readers.
- kmonad 9y agohm, that is a fair point. yet, don't you also think that it is a little endemic on hn, and knee-jerk reaction, to jump on certain phrases? like...a trigger :P? would you think this is a universal response (and therefore problem) or perhaps only among a certain readership? would an author not have to take into account the average response to their phrasing (or that of the audience they address)? if this is not the hn readership, then I would think a word like 'offensive' is comprising a lot of meaning in a concentrated way (ofc you can still disagree with the judgment, that the scenario is truly offensive).