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> Please don't break the site guidelines like this. You were right to flag the comment in this instance. I realized I went a bit too far and actually went to d

by disown 6y ago

> Please don't break the site guidelines like this. You were right to flag the comment in this instance. I realized I went a bit too far and actually went to delete/edit my comment soon after I submitted it but saw that it was already correctly flagged. I then was about to write an apology but was rate limited. So I just moved on. > I realize that it can be extremely frustrating to encounter comments that are so wrong from your perspective It was not just that it is wrong. It was that it read like plain propaganda. "We should be ever more vigilant and actively oppose this type of draconian nightmare that George Orwell envisioned in 1984 and which is being perfected by the CCP and brother #1 Xi Jinping." Normal people do not talk like this. You don't, I don't, nobody does. Not only that, the guy twisted 1984 for his agenda when 1984 truly warned us about he was doing. 1984 wasn't a warning about "the CCP" or "brother #1 Xi Jinping". On the surface it may appear to be a warning about the other. But fundamentally, it was a warning about people who exploit "the other", "the enemy", etc to instill fear and control within one's society. It's not about them, it's about us. I definitely slipped up there and will stay within the guidelines. Not a fan of flamewars either.

kortex 6y ago
Except SCS is all about "fearing the other". Ex. A: China's singular party has implemented a surveilance dragnet and social tattling ideology with vast repercussions on freedoms and censorship. Features include forced assimilation until it is "voluntary" (re-education), measures that encourage ratting out dissidents, a leader with near mythical status, and a technical panopticon. Ex. B: HN commentor warning about just such a system. I get your point, but GP is hardly "spreading fear about the other" when saying "hey we need to pay attention to this if we care about liberty"

by disown 6y ago

kortex 6y ago

Except SCS is all about "fearing the other". Ex. A: China's singular party has implemented a surveilance dragnet and social tattling ideology with vast repercussions on freedoms and censorship. Features include forced assimilation until it is "voluntary" (re-education), measures that encourage ratting out dissidents, a leader with near mythical status, and a technical panopticon. Ex. B: HN commentor warning about just such a system. I get your point, but GP is hardly "spreading fear about the other" when saying "hey we need to pay attention to this if we care about liberty"