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From the post: I wondered why the book was banned. Was Courant Jewish? I’d never considered this before, because I couldn’t care less about the ethnicity of au
by KKKKkkkk1 6y ago
From the post:
I wondered why the book was banned. Was Courant Jewish? I’d never considered this before, because I couldn’t care less about the ethnicity of authors. Jew or Greek, bond or free, male or female, I just care about their content.
John, you start a post about Courant's Jewishness by denying that you have any interest in his Jewishness. This conveys the sense that being a Jew is dirty and should not be brought up in polite company. Don't do this.
- shard 6y agoI read it as him asking if Courant was part of a discriminated class at that time, not as him passing judgement on whether the class should be discriminated against.
- abstrakraft 6y agoIf you go through life looking to be offended, guess what? You're going to get offended.
- dang 6y ago"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html