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To be clear, I downvoted both your and your parent's comments, not for saying disparaging things about Obama, his record, his hawkishness (many of which critici

by rosser 7y ago

To be clear, I downvoted both your and your parent's comments, not for saying disparaging things about Obama, his record, his hawkishness (many of which criticisms I quite eagree with), or anything otherwise negative about him, but rather for saying that HN is a place where that stuff is wrongthink. Disagreement isn't persecution.

chiefalchemist 7y ago
So you downvoted _my_ experience? -Time and again? On NH? Because my experience is "wrong"? Oh. I see. I wish had a reply for that but I can't even get my head wrapped around the irony and the absurdity.
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- rosser 7y ago
  You might be having trouble wrapping your head around the thing, because the thing you're trying to wrap your head around is completely different from what I said. To be clear, then: I did not downvote your experience. (I'm not even sure what that means. Can you explain?) I downvoted the counterfactual conclusion that you've drawn from your experience, and then crowed condemningly at the community.
chiefalchemist 7y ago
> "...disparaging things about Obama..." When we start using the word disparaging to describe facts and truth we are ALL in a lot of trouble. So as well-meaning as you believe you might have been with your downvote, you wording has only confirmed the general problem / bias. Irony that just pointing these things out will get more DVs is Chapelle-funny.
- rosser 7y ago
  So the part where I actually agree with many of the concerns about the man and his administration is ... what? Noise? Doesn't matter, because I didn't use the "right" word? Real talk: we haven't even begun unpacking the ironies here, dude. EDIT: No, that's not an invitation. This conversation isn't going anywhere useful to anyone, and I have both a meeting, and deadlines. Have a good day.
  - chiefalchemist 7y ago
    There you go again. It was you who used the word disparaging, not me. Plenty of words to pick. You picked that one. I point out that truth. I point out how that further proves the point I and the parent were making. You get all bias'ed and upset (read: subjective) and try to paint me and the facts as the bad guy. Don't you recognize the downward spiral of your "logic"? Thx for taking the time to vindicate the original theory (on NH "inconsistencies").
    - rosser 7y ago
      Okay, then. Why is "disparaging" such a terrible word to have picked? Let's start there, and we'll our way 'round to logical "downward spirals"...

by rosser 7y ago

chiefalchemist 7y ago

So you downvoted _my_ experience? -Time and again? On NH? Because my experience is "wrong"? Oh. I see. I wish had a reply for that but I can't even get my head wrapped around the irony and the absurdity.

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rosser 7y ago
You might be having trouble wrapping your head around the thing, because the thing you're trying to wrap your head around is completely different from what I said. To be clear, then: I did not downvote your experience. (I'm not even sure what that means. Can you explain?) I downvoted the counterfactual conclusion that you've drawn from your experience, and then crowed condemningly at the community.

chiefalchemist 7y ago

> "...disparaging things about Obama..." When we start using the word disparaging to describe facts and truth we are ALL in a lot of trouble. So as well-meaning as you believe you might have been with your downvote, you wording has only confirmed the general problem / bias. Irony that just pointing these things out will get more DVs is Chapelle-funny.

rosser 7y ago
So the part where I actually agree with many of the concerns about the man and his administration is ... what? Noise? Doesn't matter, because I didn't use the "right" word? Real talk: we haven't even begun unpacking the ironies here, dude. EDIT: No, that's not an invitation. This conversation isn't going anywhere useful to anyone, and I have both a meeting, and deadlines. Have a good day.
- chiefalchemist 7y ago
  There you go again. It was you who used the word disparaging, not me. Plenty of words to pick. You picked that one. I point out that truth. I point out how that further proves the point I and the parent were making. You get all bias'ed and upset (read: subjective) and try to paint me and the facts as the bad guy. Don't you recognize the downward spiral of your "logic"? Thx for taking the time to vindicate the original theory (on NH "inconsistencies").
  - rosser 7y ago
    Okay, then. Why is "disparaging" such a terrible word to have picked? Let's start there, and we'll our way 'round to logical "downward spirals"...