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This response is incendiary and disingenuous. It is the opposite of what thoughtful discourse should be on HN.
by rkho 6y ago
This response is incendiary and disingenuous. It is the opposite of what thoughtful discourse should be on HN.
- gisely 6y agoQuoting from the article referring to Balaji’s advice: “I'm not sure any of them were especially actionable, at least not while the Geneva Convention remains in effect. But it was still a good learning experience.” How is what I said disingenuous?
- sincerely 6y agoBalaji is notorious for disliking the press. The Geneva Convention reference is a joke about that.
- whiddershins 6y agoYou might genuinely have missed it but that was almost certainly hyperbole/humor. It’s a critical component to certain writers’ style. If we all take everything literally those writers would become more boring.
- gisely 6y agoI too have a good laugh when someone suggests I commit war crimes. Ha ha!
- meowkit 6y agoHe compared the suggestions to war crimes. Its called hyperbole. Explaining the joke kills it too. Hope you enjoyed your comedic writing lesson for today.
- gisely 6y agoWar crimes! So funny! Me stupid trog no get hyperbole. But war crimes! They funny!
- dang 6y agoI'm sure you have some good reason for feeling that strongly, but please don't let it translate into abusing the comment system here. You're going way over the top and breaking the site guidelines badly. Please stop. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- gisely 6y agoI guess I’m just a little disturbed people on here think joking about war crimes is all in good fun and a key site moderator accused me of violating norms for point that out. I know you think you’re doing your best to create a community for civil discussion, but by what seems closer to the truth is this site is gradually becoming an IDW echo chamber.
- curtainsforus 6y agoSo people on your end of things love to say; others perceive a growing puritanical effort from people like yourself.
- gisely 6y agoWhat is my end of things? The end where people don’t like making jokes about war crimes against journalists? I’m sorry that expressing that rained on your parade. I guess I should be canceled for it.
- whiddershins 6y agoI understand your frustration, I want to mention that I for example have been on the receiving end of a ton of downvotes and the occasional warning from the site moderator here. From my perspective the issue in this thread isn’t your content, it is your wording. This site tries to optimize for thoughtful discussion. One non-obvious aspect of this is that even well intentioned points that have a good moral stance can do much harm to discussions if the wording gets other people worked up. I actually agree with you that Alexander’s joke was a bit over the line. The thing is, people have trouble hearing you on this if phrasing or choice of words sets them off. I think, if you truly believe passionately in your point, it is ethical to attempt to review your choice of words and figure out how to turn the dial towards persuasive and away from incendiary.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't be a jerk in HN comments regardless of how wrong someone else is or you feel they are. The site guidelines explicitly ask you not to feed egregious comments by replying, but to flag them instead. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html