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Oh, so just downvoting, just censoring, just like killing people, is the "argument". Every click without a word proves my point without diminishing a word I sai

Oh, so just downvoting, just censoring, just like killing people, is the "argument". Every click without a word proves my point without diminishing a word I said. Giving totalitarianism an inch, rationalizing obedience to it for just one minute, has these results. Quod erat demonstrandum.

Ragnarork 8y ago
Apparently HN worships technology more so than it values the human condition. A 1.3 billion people totalitarian """experiment""" (which already negatively impacts millions) is not a problem because "inevitable" or "interesting to observe". Authoritarianism still has many bright days ahead with such people.
- oarsinsync 8y ago
  That is largely the perspective I have witnessed on here over 2 years. I might need to start logging all the instances that occur for a year so that it can be published in an obvious manner, as at this point it's just [citation needed]. EDIT: That said, maybe it's just a vocal minority, or maybe it's just a lack of thinking through more than one layer of consequences to actually see where any particular path leads.
  - tomhoward 8y ago
    It's a community of millions of visitors and countless thousands of commenters a month. It's free for anyone to join and comment. Topics like this will always attract comments from people with strongly held positions from all perspectives. In my observation they generally balance each other out. If they didn't, the site couldn't really survive, as thoughtful people who value interesting discussions wouldn't stick around. People who claim that there's a strong bias towards a particular point of view are likely subject to the hostile media effect [1]. Anyone can succumb to this, as it's natural for us to pay more attention to positions that we find threatening than to those we find benign. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_media_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_media_effect
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oarsinsync 8y ago
I upvoted your original post as I think it's well written and adds value to the discussion. I downvoted your response to yourself because it adds nothing of value. Same can be said for this post, I suppose, depending on perspective shrug

Ragnarork 8y ago

Apparently HN worships technology more so than it values the human condition. A 1.3 billion people totalitarian """experiment""" (which already negatively impacts millions) is not a problem because "inevitable" or "interesting to observe". Authoritarianism still has many bright days ahead with such people.

oarsinsync 8y ago
That is largely the perspective I have witnessed on here over 2 years. I might need to start logging all the instances that occur for a year so that it can be published in an obvious manner, as at this point it's just [citation needed]. EDIT: That said, maybe it's just a vocal minority, or maybe it's just a lack of thinking through more than one layer of consequences to actually see where any particular path leads.
- tomhoward 8y ago
  It's a community of millions of visitors and countless thousands of commenters a month. It's free for anyone to join and comment. Topics like this will always attract comments from people with strongly held positions from all perspectives. In my observation they generally balance each other out. If they didn't, the site couldn't really survive, as thoughtful people who value interesting discussions wouldn't stick around. People who claim that there's a strong bias towards a particular point of view are likely subject to the hostile media effect [1]. Anyone can succumb to this, as it's natural for us to pay more attention to positions that we find threatening than to those we find benign. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_media_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostile_media_effect
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oarsinsync 8y ago

I upvoted your original post as I think it's well written and adds value to the discussion. I downvoted your response to yourself because it adds nothing of value. Same can be said for this post, I suppose, depending on perspective shrug