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So moral purity is a requirement for notable achievement now?

• JoeAltmaier 8y ago
  There's a spectrum between purity and total asshat. Its disingenuous to imply anybody wants them to be perfect. Just not total scumbags maybe?
  • jeffreyrogers 8y ago
    Sure, but if we judge everyone by their worst actions I'm sure we can implicate a large swath of people who have ever achieved anything. I find Taibbi's work interesting and I would prefer not to deplatform people for actions unrelated to their work. We have a court system for punishing people. While I think it's entirely reasonable not to support someone or their work on moral grounds I would prefer others not to make that decision for me.
• rayiner 8y ago
  Not being a misogynistic isn’t “moral purity” it’s the minimum standard of decency. And nobody is saying Taibbi hasn’t had notable achievements. I’m saying I have no interest in seeing someone like him do an AMA on HN. And as an audience member, I certainly don’t want my friends knowing I have an account and post to a site that’d let someone like Taibbi do an AMA. He can go be notable somewhere else.
  • deciplex 8y ago
    > I certainly don’t want my friends knowing I have an account and post to a site that’d let someone like Taibbi do an AMA. Well then delete your account. I've been reading Taibbi for years and I think it's awesome that he's doing an AMA here. Based on your downvotes here it's pretty clear I'm not alone. Meanwhile you and your constant negativity and obstinate combativeness are two reasons I don't engage with this site to the same degree I used to - I'd take Taibbi's posts in this thread alone over your large and ever-growing body of bad posts accumulated here over the last decade.