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I'm not even sure if they knew he was disabled. I think it was more a reflex to call people out for perceived wrongs.

weberc2 8y ago
The article was pretty clear about the first case, but it was unclear about the second. But yes, "call out culture" is tedious and ugly and narcissistic. Some people feel the need to correct anything that can be perceived as unorthodox to their political views, especially when it clearly wasn't meant as a political comment in the first place.
- gadders 8y ago
  Yeah, that need to correct random people on the internet happens a lot: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35581577 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35581577
- kazagistar 8y ago
  Almost everything is a bit political. But yeah, sometimes it's just not really appropriate to comment on those politics. But with enough people, someone is inevitably going to screw up and do it anyways.
mikestew 8y ago
In the first case, disabled or not, who the fuck asked you, lady? Oh, she was "mortified" when she found out the details. She ought to be mortified that she shit-posts to random people that she's obviously never met. In the second case, I'd bet real money the academic was not apologetic in the slightest. You know the type, Jesus Christ/Mohammed/Buddha himself could come and gently point out, "you're, umm, doing it wrong" and the response would be, "yeah, but..." In summary, I don't think the abilities of the target played into it. Those are just the kind of people most of us try to avoid interaction with, and they are demonstrating why.
- isoskeles 8y ago
  > who the fuck asked you What’s with all the tough guy shit on HN now? Who asked her? No one. No one asked them to post publicly on twitter either so “who the fuck asked you” doesn’t seem to apply.
  - mikestew 8y ago
    What’s with all the tough guy shit on HN now? In light of TFA, the irony of your indignation is not lost on me.
    - isoskeles 8y ago
      That isn’t indignation, but I don’t blame you for projecting.

The article was pretty clear about the first case, but it was unclear about the second. But yes, "call out culture" is tedious and ugly and narcissistic. Some people feel the need to correct anything that can be perceived as unorthodox to their political views, especially when it clearly wasn't meant as a political comment in the first place.

gadders 8y ago
Yeah, that need to correct random people on the internet happens a lot: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35581577 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35581577
kazagistar 8y ago
Almost everything is a bit political. But yeah, sometimes it's just not really appropriate to comment on those politics. But with enough people, someone is inevitably going to screw up and do it anyways.

mikestew 8y ago

In the first case, disabled or not, who the fuck asked you, lady? Oh, she was "mortified" when she found out the details. She ought to be mortified that she shit-posts to random people that she's obviously never met. In the second case, I'd bet real money the academic was not apologetic in the slightest. You know the type, Jesus Christ/Mohammed/Buddha himself could come and gently point out, "you're, umm, doing it wrong" and the response would be, "yeah, but..." In summary, I don't think the abilities of the target played into it. Those are just the kind of people most of us try to avoid interaction with, and they are demonstrating why.

isoskeles 8y ago
> who the fuck asked you What’s with all the tough guy shit on HN now? Who asked her? No one. No one asked them to post publicly on twitter either so “who the fuck asked you” doesn’t seem to apply.
- mikestew 8y ago
  What’s with all the tough guy shit on HN now? In light of TFA, the irony of your indignation is not lost on me.
  - isoskeles 8y ago
    That isn’t indignation, but I don’t blame you for projecting.