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"Israelis like to build. Arabs like to bomb crap and live in open sewage. This is not a difficult issue. #settlementsrock" - Ben Shapiro

• gjsman-1000 7y ago
  https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/25712847277 https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/25712847277 And he was totally blasted by his own fanbase for it. Everyone might say something, once in a while, too far. Doesn't make it right, but doesn't make him completely wrong on everything.
• golergka 7y ago
  All completely true.
  • dang 7y ago
    This sort of flamebait will get you banned on HN. No more of it please. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    • golergka 7y ago
      Thanks for giving me a heads-up! Could you please clear up how is my comment different from the one I was answering to in regard to a flame war so I know how to understand such distinction in the future?
      • dang 7y ago
        "I just have this other question, could you please clarify" is a classic troll gambit, as are "how is X a Y" and "how is ABC different from XYZ". Alas, nothing in your comment convinces me that you mean it as other than litigious. This is a sort of risky situation. I'm willing to invest time and energy in helping anyone who sincerely wants to use HN as intended. But it's actually a considerable effort. It's draining, because these discussions are so repetitive, and also because they're so adversarial. One spends a lot of effort on the boring task of weatherproofing whatever one says. Such questions can amount to a DoS attack on moderators, because of the time it takes to patiently answer them, which then can't go into other things we might do to make the site better. If you want us to invest those resources into helping you understand the intended use of HN, you need to clearly establish that that is your good-faith intention.