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How to systemically abuse various groups of people for centuries? How to use people’s fear of the unknown for tax free profit? How to dress up bigotry so it s

• dang 8y ago
  Please don't do religious flamewar on HN. We're hoping for somewhat higher quality here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  • stephenr 8y ago
    Then why is the article even allowed?
    • dang 8y ago
      Because it makes intellectually interesting points that can be responded to thoughtfully.
      • stephenr 8y ago
        Right. Just don't mention all the abuse and everyone can pretend everything is fine.
        • dang 8y ago
          That's certainly not the intention here! But HN is not a good place to sort of vent the fumes that have resulted from abuse, in an unprocessed way. The feelings are legitimate, but if you (or I or anyone) simply blasts them out, we're not really conversing. We're either venting—not a community activity—or battling, which is about defeating enemies rather than exchanging information. This might make more sense if you review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html about the intended spirit of this site. These other links might also be helpful: https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html https://news.ycombinator.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackernews.html http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html http://www.paulgraham.com/trolls.html