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Everytime a story about India is posted the HN crowd picks apart the negatives of Indian society like caste or poverty. That's the first comment I see when I ge
by senthil_rajasek 6y ago
Everytime a story about India is posted the HN crowd picks apart the negatives of Indian society like caste or poverty. That's the first comment I see when I get here. Always.
STOP THIS!
If you want to focus on the negativity start a separate thread imagine every story about the valley bringing up it's inherent white privilege or racism as the first comment.
- fermienrico 6y agoThis is not how HN works. Criticism and counter points are the reason why I come here. Taking offense to criticism is how we regress as a society. It has nothing to do with racism except that its a construct in one's mind based on prior experiences, biases and taking excessive pride in one's identity/culture. One can still do that, but that should not mean the public is barred from criticism.
- senthil_rajasek 6y agoThis is a false equivalence. I bet if HN audience were mostly minorities every story would not be critical of non-western cultures.
- fermienrico 6y agoWhat's wrong with criticism of minorities?
- senthil_rajasek 6y agoEntitlement.
- papeda 6y agoThis article focuses on a delivery network powered by a large pool of cheap, unskilled labor. The role of poverty levels in India is very relevant to this topic. Your comment is also the only one that brings up caste.
- lnreddy 6y agoThis is no place for blind nationalism or race baiting. If you don't want to see critical comments, maybe this isn't the right place for you.
- senthil_rajasek 6y agoHmmmm, it's not blind nationalism but it looks like plain old racism.
- ashleshbiradar 6y agocriticism a crucial aspects of any discourse. What is wrong with talking about real problems that exist?