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The example "peasant comment" is an informal definition of when a person should consider themselves a socialist, made in response to the blog author's comment a
by jfager 16y ago
The example "peasant comment" is an informal definition of when a person should consider themselves a socialist, made in response to the blog author's comment about the definition of "Socialism" (in context: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1653525 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1653525). If you actually read it, he's simply saying "if you have this reaction to this tshirt, you're probably a socialist of some sort", which is probably true.
There is nothing in the comment that should inspire such a mean-spirited ad hominem attack.
- nailer 16y agoExactly. Quoting the comment the article is about: >> if your first reaction to that slogan is anywhere in the range from “that’s an exaggeration, but yeah, it’s mostly true” to “HELL YEAH!”... Then the article: > (4) Has a strong opinion: “HELL YEAH!” The original comment is quoting someone. They don't have that opinion themselves.
- lhorie 16y agoThe whole thing reminds me of when Zed Shaw went on a rantfest on his site against a "faked" Microsoft employee only to find out that his assumptions were completely off the mark. As the saying goes, it's better to be nice than to be "right".