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Ad-hominem attacks on a group of people (eg; the HN community) are not always received well by that group of people :-) It's important to make arguments in a wa

Ad-hominem attacks on a group of people (eg; the HN community) are not always received well by that group of people :-) It's important to make arguments in a way that your audience will be receptive to if you're interested in convincing others. An alternative phrasing of your comment, which would conform to the HN norms you describe of measured debate, might go... > This article takes the stance that it is effective to engage even the most vile theories in measured debate. This seems to be an HN norm as well. I actually disagree with that in special cases like racism. Here are some reasons why... > I'm also concerned that other articles, like this[link] by award-winning author Ta-Nehisi Coates, got flagged. (elaboration...)

dang 9y ago
> your opinion is that Unspeakable Opinions should be disallowed topics of conversation? This breaks the site guidelines, which say: Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Would you mind (re-)reading and following them when commenting here? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- rattray 9y ago
  Whoops, I re-wrote my comment almost immediately (recognizing the misdeeds you mentioned) but didn't click submit for a few hours. I hope the new version of the comment is in line with expectations. Thanks for your thoughtful moderation!