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Right, the comment was meant somewhat ironically. Less directly I might have said: I agree there are often situation where it would be helpful if people would
by xevb3k 9y ago
Right, the comment was meant somewhat ironically. Less directly I might have said:
I agree there are often situation where it would be helpful if people would be more direct.
However I think there are situations where it’s better to either avoid the issue entirely, or take a less direct approach. That might be the case with those who have radically different views to us, or are members of a minority where taking a direct approach might be misinterpreted as overly agressive, or could make them feel otherwise unwelcome.
- mpweiher 9y agoOh, so you weren't actually being direct, but instead were being intentionally rude for the sole sake of being rude and offensive. Hmm... Do you even realize there is a difference? To me it is actually kind of ironic that the continual equating of "plain truth, even if it causes offense" with "intending to cause harm by intensional bullying masquerading as being truthful" has "progressed" [sic] so far as that people who hold these views truly can't tell the difference any longer.
- xevb3k 9y agoNope, I was being direct. I believe the things I wrote (at least with some degree of probability). I just don’t think it’s helpful, or advances the discussion to say them the way I did (or at all). I said them that way to illustrate a point. You’ve failed to grasp this point. Being direct is good sometimes, but not always. And sometimes being “direct” is used to mask bullying behavior. The “google manifesto” is one such example. I’d guess you consider it “being direct”?
- dang 9y agoWe love your many technical contributions to HN but I'm sorry to say that you've frequently been slipping into (a) ideological battle and (b) outright incivility when posting here, and it seems to be getting worse. Could you please roll that back? It's really a problem. These things destroy the container that makes HN viable as a site at all. We need senior users like you to strengthen it, not destabilize it. I realize that it can be hard to bracket out one's reactive emotions when the internet is doing its provocation thing, but we need everyone here to try. Our common interest in having a site that doesn't suck needs to take precedence over our annoyance at each other's ideological views. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html