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In my conversations, such employees don't believe they have the right, they believe their political positions are objectively morally superior and hold an 'en

In my conversations, such employees don't believe they have the right, they believe their political positions are objectively morally superior and hold an 'ends justifies the means' opinion on influence.

supercanuck 6y ago
Well, I think the Holocaust taught us that is true, no?
- nxc18 6y ago
  You're being downvoted, but Facebook is actively facilitating genocide and has a shockingly high body count already, on top of interfering with any attempt to seek justice for victims of atrocities. https://newrepublic.com/article/147486/facebook-genocide-problem https://newrepublic.com/article/147486/facebook-genocide-pro... https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/zuckerberg-says-facebook-erred-in-not-removing-militia-post/507-83fc429d-827b-404c-8372-6371b8397cea https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/zu... https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/09/debunked-antifa-wildfire-rumours-spread-on-facebook-overload-911-spur-calls-to-violence/ https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/09/debunked-antifa-wildfire-... https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg897a/hate-speech-on-facebook-is-pushing-ethiopia-dangerously-close-to-a-genocide https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg897a/hate-speech-on-fac... https://www.law360.com/articles/1305778/facebook-says-gambia-doc-bid-would-set-bad-precedent https://www.law360.com/articles/1305778/facebook-says-gambia... https://thediplomat.com/2020/08/how-facebook-is-complicit-in-myanmars-attacks-on-minorities/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/08/how-facebook-is-complicit-in...
  - throwaway2048 6y ago
    A lot of people want to complain about censorship, then totally ignore the consequences of malevolent propaganda.
    - Avicebron 6y ago
      And often the line of "malevolent propaganda" is variable and moves depends on who is interpreting that.
      - throwaway2048 6y ago
        Would you consider advocating for genocide to be a variable line that could go either way?
        supercanuck 6y ago
        Genocide "is a political opinion I disagree with"
        dang 6y ago
        It looks like you've been using HN primarily for political battle. We ban accounts that do that, regardless of which politics you're for or against. It's one thing to join in occasional political discussion as part of a variety of intellectually interesting topics, but quite another to only (or mostly) be using the site for that. Once that line is crossed, HN is clearly not being used as intended, and there's a huge difference in how those two different kinds of account impact the site. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and adjust accordingly? If you or anyone want more explanation about how and why we draw the line this way, there's plenty here: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=primarily%20test%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... 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...
        supercanuck 6y ago
        Dang, educate yourself on Facebook’s effect in Myanmar. If you think this is just political battles, perhaps do a bit of self reflection and maybe Hacker News is not the pinnacle of intellectual thought you are giving it the credit of being.
hintymad 6y ago
Very true. Their positions are so righteous and so moral that the 46%-ish population of the US are deplorables, evil, far right, racists, xenophobia, being violent by being silent, or white supremacists.

supercanuck 6y ago

Well, I think the Holocaust taught us that is true, no?

nxc18 6y ago
You're being downvoted, but Facebook is actively facilitating genocide and has a shockingly high body count already, on top of interfering with any attempt to seek justice for victims of atrocities. https://newrepublic.com/article/147486/facebook-genocide-problem https://newrepublic.com/article/147486/facebook-genocide-pro... https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/zuckerberg-says-facebook-erred-in-not-removing-militia-post/507-83fc429d-827b-404c-8372-6371b8397cea https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/nation-world/zu... https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/09/debunked-antifa-wildfire-rumours-spread-on-facebook-overload-911-spur-calls-to-violence/ https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/09/debunked-antifa-wildfire-... https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg897a/hate-speech-on-facebook-is-pushing-ethiopia-dangerously-close-to-a-genocide https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xg897a/hate-speech-on-fac... https://www.law360.com/articles/1305778/facebook-says-gambia-doc-bid-would-set-bad-precedent https://www.law360.com/articles/1305778/facebook-says-gambia... https://thediplomat.com/2020/08/how-facebook-is-complicit-in-myanmars-attacks-on-minorities/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/08/how-facebook-is-complicit-in...
- throwaway2048 6y ago
  A lot of people want to complain about censorship, then totally ignore the consequences of malevolent propaganda.
  - Avicebron 6y ago
    And often the line of "malevolent propaganda" is variable and moves depends on who is interpreting that.
    - throwaway2048 6y ago
      Would you consider advocating for genocide to be a variable line that could go either way?
      - supercanuck 6y ago
        Genocide "is a political opinion I disagree with"
        dang 6y ago
        It looks like you've been using HN primarily for political battle. We ban accounts that do that, regardless of which politics you're for or against. It's one thing to join in occasional political discussion as part of a variety of intellectually interesting topics, but quite another to only (or mostly) be using the site for that. Once that line is crossed, HN is clearly not being used as intended, and there's a huge difference in how those two different kinds of account impact the site. Would you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and adjust accordingly? If you or anyone want more explanation about how and why we draw the line this way, there's plenty here: https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=primarily%20test%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... 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...
        supercanuck 6y ago
        Dang, educate yourself on Facebook’s effect in Myanmar. If you think this is just political battles, perhaps do a bit of self reflection and maybe Hacker News is not the pinnacle of intellectual thought you are giving it the credit of being.

hintymad 6y ago

Very true. Their positions are so righteous and so moral that the 46%-ish population of the US are deplorables, evil, far right, racists, xenophobia, being violent by being silent, or white supremacists.