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"facts" with zero sources and an argument which could easily be dismissed/interpreted as stereotypical US centric argument.

TomMarius 9y ago
You can simply use Google and check the facts out for yourself, it's common knowledge (children even learn this data in school in the EU). There were no sources in the comment I replied to either. Someone also replied with one of these sources. How can my argument be US centric when I'm European and have never even visited the US?
- deadbunny 9y ago
  I was explaining why your comment was likely downvoted, it's clearly not common knowledge (hence the downvotes) and the fact someone else provided sources for you doen't absolve your comment from lacking them. > How can my argument be US centric when I'm European and have never even visited the US? You don't have to be from the US for your post to sound US centric. It sounds exactly like every other "USA is da best! The east is inferior in every way. We have zero problems." argument which is found everywhere online, especially on sites with a large proportion of US users (like HN).
  - TomMarius 9y ago
    > the fact someone else provided sources for you doen't absolve your comment from lacking them The comment I replied to had no sources as well and yet it isn't downvoted. > It sounds exactly like every other "USA is da best! The east is inferior in every way. We have zero problems." Actually my comment says the exact opposite, it says that at least the western part of the EU is less corrupt than the US. Do you realize that I said the west [of EU], not the west as in the US? You're the one who is thinking US-centric after all, thinking that when someone says "the west" they mean the US even though it's in a sentence that talks about parts of EU, this possibility didn't even occur to me - that's how foreign it is to me.
    - _Tev 9y ago
      > The comment I replied to had no sources as well and yet it isn't downvoted. Read it again. It stated much less confidence in those baseless claims, inviting sourced rebuttal. You claimed to be "obviously" right without any sources, and apparently you were not. Edit: also, complaining about downvotes, especially without even trying to admit mistake is considered as a bad behavior here.
- madshiva 9y ago
  We don't learn at school that west EU is more corrupt...
- ionised 9y ago
  If you make a claim, you provide source to back it up. Telling people to go and verify for themselves a claim that you made is just lazy and disingenuous.
  - TomMarius 9y ago
    I replied with common knowledge to a comment that had no sources as well. Why the comment I replied to is not being downvoted?
    - doorbumper 9y ago
      Your comment has been flagged by American political correctness.
- s73v3r_ 9y ago
  "You can simply use Google" That kind of hand-wavy stuff doesn't fly here. If you're going to make a claim like "EU Countries are more corrupt than the US", YOU have to provide a credible source for that claim.

TomMarius 9y ago

You can simply use Google and check the facts out for yourself, it's common knowledge (children even learn this data in school in the EU). There were no sources in the comment I replied to either. Someone also replied with one of these sources. How can my argument be US centric when I'm European and have never even visited the US?

deadbunny 9y ago
I was explaining why your comment was likely downvoted, it's clearly not common knowledge (hence the downvotes) and the fact someone else provided sources for you doen't absolve your comment from lacking them. > How can my argument be US centric when I'm European and have never even visited the US? You don't have to be from the US for your post to sound US centric. It sounds exactly like every other "USA is da best! The east is inferior in every way. We have zero problems." argument which is found everywhere online, especially on sites with a large proportion of US users (like HN).
- TomMarius 9y ago
  > the fact someone else provided sources for you doen't absolve your comment from lacking them The comment I replied to had no sources as well and yet it isn't downvoted. > It sounds exactly like every other "USA is da best! The east is inferior in every way. We have zero problems." Actually my comment says the exact opposite, it says that at least the western part of the EU is less corrupt than the US. Do you realize that I said the west [of EU], not the west as in the US? You're the one who is thinking US-centric after all, thinking that when someone says "the west" they mean the US even though it's in a sentence that talks about parts of EU, this possibility didn't even occur to me - that's how foreign it is to me.
  - _Tev 9y ago
    > The comment I replied to had no sources as well and yet it isn't downvoted. Read it again. It stated much less confidence in those baseless claims, inviting sourced rebuttal. You claimed to be "obviously" right without any sources, and apparently you were not. Edit: also, complaining about downvotes, especially without even trying to admit mistake is considered as a bad behavior here.
madshiva 9y ago
We don't learn at school that west EU is more corrupt...
ionised 9y ago
If you make a claim, you provide source to back it up. Telling people to go and verify for themselves a claim that you made is just lazy and disingenuous.
- TomMarius 9y ago
  I replied with common knowledge to a comment that had no sources as well. Why the comment I replied to is not being downvoted?
  - doorbumper 9y ago
    Your comment has been flagged by American political correctness.
s73v3r_ 9y ago
"You can simply use Google" That kind of hand-wavy stuff doesn't fly here. If you're going to make a claim like "EU Countries are more corrupt than the US", YOU have to provide a credible source for that claim.