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I did not expect that people here would have needed that reminder to not come up with "funny" ideas

by tobilocker 6y ago

offbyone 6y ago
I did. And one needs only look at the sibling comment to yours to see early warning signs.
- enumjorge 6y ago
  No kidding. The quality of the discussion on this thread is disappointingly low.
  - crumbshot 6y ago
    The quality of discussion on HN is generally quite low these days. But it's even worse on topics that touch on issues of social justice or relate to persecuted minority groups. Too many commenters here appear to be sorely lacking in empathy.
    - throwawayblmers 6y ago
      Would you say BLM bandits and looters are lacking in empathy when they are destroying small business? Or is that fine because some 160 years ago some black dude in Africa sold his countrymen into slavery?
      - scarface74 6y ago
        Because we good Americans never destroy property to “bring democracy” to other countries....
        throwawayblmers 6y ago
        Dont move the goal posts. We have BLM protesting police brutality using... brutality? Kinda hypocritical no?
        scarface74 6y ago
        How is that moving the goal post? How much changed when people were kneeling peacefully? People love “peaceful” protest because it can be ignored.
      - dragonwriter 6y ago
        > Would you say BLM bandits and looters are lacking in empathy when they are destroying small business? You mean, the boogaloo bandits and looters? Because as much as people keep talking about BLM, the ones I see charged with actual personal and property violence in and around the protests are associated with the boogaloo movement and other right-wing (white-wing?) groups. > Or is that fine because some 160 years ago some black dude in Africa sold his countrymen into slavery? There's nothing stupider I've heard in quite a long time — and with Trump in office and his statements getting constant visibility because of that it's saying a lot — than trying to pretend white people had nothing to do with the institutionalization of slavery and racist policy more generally in America, and that it was all a product of some “black dude in Africa”.
    - Simulacra 6y ago
      HN is intended for technology news and discussions. Allowing social justice, and identity politics to take over has diluted its usefulness. Empathy has nothing to do with it, it's more like commenters appear frustrated over the constant non-technology issues.
      - dang 6y ago
        People have been saying things like this for nearly as long as HN has existed. Lots of examples at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869. HN's approach hasn't changed. If you want to read about what that approach is, https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=political%20overlap%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... has lots of explanations. The particular themes that show up have changed, of course, but that's because of macro trends in society at large. HN can't expect to be immune from those.

I did not expect that people here would have needed that reminder to not come up with "funny" ideas

offbyone 6y ago

I did. And one needs only look at the sibling comment to yours to see early warning signs.

enumjorge 6y ago
No kidding. The quality of the discussion on this thread is disappointingly low.
- crumbshot 6y ago
  The quality of discussion on HN is generally quite low these days. But it's even worse on topics that touch on issues of social justice or relate to persecuted minority groups. Too many commenters here appear to be sorely lacking in empathy.
  - throwawayblmers 6y ago
    Would you say BLM bandits and looters are lacking in empathy when they are destroying small business? Or is that fine because some 160 years ago some black dude in Africa sold his countrymen into slavery?
    - scarface74 6y ago
      Because we good Americans never destroy property to “bring democracy” to other countries....
      - throwawayblmers 6y ago
        Dont move the goal posts. We have BLM protesting police brutality using... brutality? Kinda hypocritical no?
        scarface74 6y ago
        How is that moving the goal post? How much changed when people were kneeling peacefully? People love “peaceful” protest because it can be ignored.
    - dragonwriter 6y ago
      > Would you say BLM bandits and looters are lacking in empathy when they are destroying small business? You mean, the boogaloo bandits and looters? Because as much as people keep talking about BLM, the ones I see charged with actual personal and property violence in and around the protests are associated with the boogaloo movement and other right-wing (white-wing?) groups. > Or is that fine because some 160 years ago some black dude in Africa sold his countrymen into slavery? There's nothing stupider I've heard in quite a long time — and with Trump in office and his statements getting constant visibility because of that it's saying a lot — than trying to pretend white people had nothing to do with the institutionalization of slavery and racist policy more generally in America, and that it was all a product of some “black dude in Africa”.
  - Simulacra 6y ago
    HN is intended for technology news and discussions. Allowing social justice, and identity politics to take over has diluted its usefulness. Empathy has nothing to do with it, it's more like commenters appear frustrated over the constant non-technology issues.
    - dang 6y ago
      People have been saying things like this for nearly as long as HN has existed. Lots of examples at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014869. HN's approach hasn't changed. If you want to read about what that approach is, https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=political%20overlap%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... has lots of explanations. The particular themes that show up have changed, of course, but that's because of macro trends in society at large. HN can't expect to be immune from those.