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> What sort of bizarre hedging is saying that people are just acting "perhaps like" paid Chinese trolls? You need to re-read my comment, especially the sentenc

> What sort of bizarre hedging is saying that people are just acting "perhaps like" paid Chinese trolls? You need to re-read my comment, especially the sentence after the one you partially quoted. What I was getting at was that someone who inadvertently behaves like a propagandist should re-evaluate their behavior and modify it, because it's destructive (if it wasn't destructive, why would the propagandist do it?). For instance, someone pushing hyper-partisan memes on Facebook should stop because Russians agents literally do that same thing as a disruption tactic. > but I am not exaggerating when I say that I think putting these things on the record is important for everyone. I have nothing to hide: https://web.archive.org/web/20180518222349/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17105115 https://web.archive.org/web/20180518222349/https://news.ycom... Anyway, you are not acting like a stable, sensible person. You're getting too worked up. Please, take a break. Do something relaxing or fun. This is not a productive derail that anyone else would benefit from.

jonathanyc 8y ago
> You need to re-read my comment, especially the sentence after the one you partially quoted. You're not fooling anyone when you say that you're not accusing people of being propagandists, but rather that they're just "perhaps like" them. > Anyway, you are not acting like a stable, sensible person. You're getting too worked up. Says the guy whose two month old account has 75% of its comments about one topic, but nice try. I also wonder if you are subconsciously channeling some tactics from the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_... EDIT: And of course, recalling Cato, I will end by nothing that you still have not responded to anything I've said but rather have devolved to calling people who disagree with you crazy. Gee, it's almost like you're just trying to divide people instead of actually trying to have a good faith discussion.
dang 8y ago
We've banned this account for repeatedly breaking the site guidelines. Nationalistic flamewar and personal attacks are not allowed here. Please don't create accounts to do this with. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html In case anyone is wondering: no, this is not because of your views. I don't know what they are and it doesn't matter, just as a fireman doesn't care what color a fire is.
- Lionsion 8y ago
  Sorry. I did not think I was engaging in any personal attacks or "nationalistic flame-war," rather just responding to someone who: 1. Followed me, personally, from another thread because they seemed to believe they were entitled a response to some off-topic "points." 2. Made baseless accusations against me, such as accusing me of being an "agent provocateur," a Russian or Chinese troll, and someone who was engaging in the "political abuse of psychology." I think Jonathanyc's behavior was far more characteristic of a "personal attack." You're the mod and can ban and unban who you like, but I do hope there's at least some consistency.

jonathanyc 8y ago

> You need to re-read my comment, especially the sentence after the one you partially quoted. You're not fooling anyone when you say that you're not accusing people of being propagandists, but rather that they're just "perhaps like" them. > Anyway, you are not acting like a stable, sensible person. You're getting too worked up. Says the guy whose two month old account has 75% of its comments about one topic, but nice try. I also wonder if you are subconsciously channeling some tactics from the past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_in_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_abuse_of_psychiatry_... EDIT: And of course, recalling Cato, I will end by nothing that you still have not responded to anything I've said but rather have devolved to calling people who disagree with you crazy. Gee, it's almost like you're just trying to divide people instead of actually trying to have a good faith discussion.

dang 8y ago

We've banned this account for repeatedly breaking the site guidelines. Nationalistic flamewar and personal attacks are not allowed here. Please don't create accounts to do this with. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html In case anyone is wondering: no, this is not because of your views. I don't know what they are and it doesn't matter, just as a fireman doesn't care what color a fire is.

Lionsion 8y ago
Sorry. I did not think I was engaging in any personal attacks or "nationalistic flame-war," rather just responding to someone who: 1. Followed me, personally, from another thread because they seemed to believe they were entitled a response to some off-topic "points." 2. Made baseless accusations against me, such as accusing me of being an "agent provocateur," a Russian or Chinese troll, and someone who was engaging in the "political abuse of psychology." I think Jonathanyc's behavior was far more characteristic of a "personal attack." You're the mod and can ban and unban who you like, but I do hope there's at least some consistency.