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If you are pointing to my comment I was not trolling at all. McCarthyism had some of the same properties when it comes to suppressing free speech, but the curre
by asabjorn 9y ago
If you are pointing to my comment I was not trolling at all. McCarthyism had some of the same properties when it comes to suppressing free speech, but the current environment is also very different in that it is done outside the court system by a mob with no due process. That is more worrisome to me.
If you disagree I would like to hear an argument for how it is different. How do you think the way opinions are suppressed does not violate basic rights of free speech and due process? How do you think calling for someones firing for having an opinion with no due process is a rule of law?
- rectang 9y agoYou want me to explain how I'm not a McCarthyite? Why not ask something more civil, like "When did you stop beating your wife?"
- asabjorn 9y agoI am asking you to answer the questions I posed instead of making counteraccusations. If you make a good argument I am happy to listen and change my position. Denying everything, never admitting to what other observe even if it might have merit, and making counteraccusations instead of answering direct questions that are reasonable does not make a position any more correct. This kind of tactic to avoid shining light on an agenda and discussing it is very dangerous to a democracy, and to be honest it kind of proves my point.
- dang 9y agoWould you also please stop perpetuating flamewars on Hacker News? This site is supposed to be for good-faith conversation, not smiting enemies. I realize other people don't behave well either, but taking that as license to respond in kind or worse is exactly the wrong way to react here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
- dang 9y agoWould you please stop perpetuating flamewars on Hacker News? This site is supposed to be for good-faith conversation, not smiting enemies. I realize other people don't behave well either, but taking that as license to respond in kind or worse is the wrong way to react here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
- rectang 9y agoIts unfortunate that I have troubled you, Dan. I'll reevaluate how I engage (or not) on threads like these.