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people who want to be well-informed but don't have the resources to do it without leaning on others who do Uh, isn't that absolutely everyone? All your commen

people who want to be well-informed but don't have the resources to do it without leaning on others who do Uh, isn't that absolutely everyone? All your comments on this page are very ugly, and remind me of the SJWs in the movie The Red Pill - so certain they're right that they have no need to think about, engage with, consider the matter/group/publication in question. They are good, the other is bad, by definition. I hadn't heard of Lehmann or Quillette. Reading most of the comments on this page, I expected some ranting far-right lunatic website. But a couple of comments made me think it might be worth checking out.. And what a surprise. It seems full of interesting articles. Has supportive blurbs from quite a lot of writers I like. I was expecting at best an intelligent site from the right[0]. It's actually nothing like that, just seems full of good articles from good writers. Why the hate and fear on this page, I have no idea. So I bookmarked quillette.com and will be reading their stuff. Thanks HN. [0] I like to sometimes read "conservative" stuff, to counterbalance my natural far-left inclinations. e.g. I love the books of Roger Kimball and David Stove, and have learnt a lot from them. Plus they're excellent writers, and can be very funny. (Although I read one of Kimball's purely political pieces online once, OMG it was embarrassingly bad. But in matters of general art/culture/philosophy I don't often disagree with him.)

Kye 8y ago
I wouldn't describe any of my 5 comments on this page as ugly, but I guess interpretation is the core of this whole conflict. 1 is a simple statistical note. 1 is admitting I might be wrong. 1 is a bit harsh. 1 is a bit mean. I shouldn't have called it a rag. They at least seem pro-a lot of things I care about and don't seem malicious. 1 is a tame assessment based on several articles I read that became popular here on HN. I plan to give it another look based on /u/natalyarostova's comment. Maybe you should do the same with the comments you find so ugly.
- yesenadam 8y ago
  The majority of your sentences are full of bile, prejudice, raging hypocrisy, ridiculous comparisons etc, the kind of writing that will get you downvoted, flagged and banned from this site.
  - Kye 8y ago
    There's a greentext somewhere in here cruising for a shadowban. I know where the lines are. That's why I stepped back and re-evaluated. I was mean and harsh, like I said. I wouldn't say any of it is ugly. Maybe I'm just comparing to when I was what I'd call ugly in the past... Maybe you're right! I'll keep this in mind for the future.

Kye 8y ago

I wouldn't describe any of my 5 comments on this page as ugly, but I guess interpretation is the core of this whole conflict. 1 is a simple statistical note. 1 is admitting I might be wrong. 1 is a bit harsh. 1 is a bit mean. I shouldn't have called it a rag. They at least seem pro-a lot of things I care about and don't seem malicious. 1 is a tame assessment based on several articles I read that became popular here on HN. I plan to give it another look based on /u/natalyarostova's comment. Maybe you should do the same with the comments you find so ugly.

yesenadam 8y ago
The majority of your sentences are full of bile, prejudice, raging hypocrisy, ridiculous comparisons etc, the kind of writing that will get you downvoted, flagged and banned from this site.
- Kye 8y ago
  There's a greentext somewhere in here cruising for a shadowban. I know where the lines are. That's why I stepped back and re-evaluated. I was mean and harsh, like I said. I wouldn't say any of it is ugly. Maybe I'm just comparing to when I was what I'd call ugly in the past... Maybe you're right! I'll keep this in mind for the future.