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If you're going to try to be contrarian, at least do the research to do it well. You think you're being clever but you're showing no understanding of the positi
by pbiggar 6y ago
If you're going to try to be contrarian, at least do the research to do it well. You think you're being clever but you're showing no understanding of the positions you're trying to make fun of. As a result, you come across like a moron.
You should have used a throwaway, not because you have non-politically-correct views, but rather because you hold extremely strong opinions about something you can't even articulate credibly.
I looked up your twitter and saw this from March:
> Despite everything happening I’m still not worried. Corona is a bad flu and the markets will recover. I’m choosing to relax #CoronaOutbreak #relax
Similar confidence, similar ignorance.
- seibelj 6y agoA whole lot of words about how I’m a “moron” without refuting anything in the argument! A very typical stance to take from the progressive left. You clearly feel that you are morally superior to me! Once again, I will state loudly and clearly - I view all people as what they are: people. You are not a series of identities to me. All people have their own agency and cannot be reduced to a set of labels.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't do this here, and please stop using HN for generic ideological battle. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 6y agoPersonal attacks are not ok on HN, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are. Digging up details from someone's history and bringing them in here as ammunition in an argument is particularly not ok. That's a practice of the online callout/shaming culture, and we're trying to avoid that on HN. Not that the callouts are always wrong, but callout/shaming culture has toxic systemic effects that are incompatible with the intended spirit of this site. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=online%20shaming%20by%3Adang&sort=byDate&type=comment&dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true https://hn.algolia.com/?query=online%20shaming%20by%3Adang&s... https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- pbiggar 6y agoHey Dan, didn't mean to violate the rules. To be clear, my comment was intended to be about his argument and it's lack of rigour. Also, his bio links his twitter, so I thought that made it within bounds. But yeah, that was a bit harsh, sorry.