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I was responding to the unnecessary unhelpful comment that "Islamophobia" was "prevalent" in Australia even more than US. I live here, and disagree with that id
by exodust 8y ago
I was responding to the unnecessary unhelpful comment that "Islamophobia" was "prevalent" in Australia even more than US. I live here, and disagree with that idea and I responded with reasons. No flames. Maybe delete comments that seek to label an entire country with sour accusations.
- dang 8y agoI believe you that that was your intention, but it's hard to see it in your GP comment, which also broke the site guidelines in several ways, such as with name-calling and flamebait. I've noticed that when we post moderation comments, commenters sometimes respond with what they really meant to say. To them, the first and second versions are similar, but to an outside reader they usually seem very different.
- exodust 8y agoI accept your reason, and will avoid further comments here on this topic. But I wish to clarify (to you) that I did not call anyone names. I called the term Islamphobia "stupid", because nothing good comes from using such a term. It's not a real word. You allowed the comment on a tribute thread, to imply that Australia is to blame for the man's death, due to its racism/phobias. A psychopath was to blame for NZ, not whatever that linked PDF on parent comment accuses Australia of. As an Australian, I can assure you we are hurting down here and in shock. But I will refrain from this point.
- dang 8y agoThe guidelines use the term "name calling" in a somewhat different sense, basically referring to pejoratives that can be taken out of a comment without loss of information. "Stupid" counts as name-calling in that sense, even though you weren't calling anyone names in particular. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html