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Good point. That's why I don't have much of an issue with the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklisting. Those people were accused by multiple colleagues...so th

Good point. That's why I don't have much of an issue with the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklisting. Those people were accused by multiple colleagues...so there had to be a little more to the situation than what those people tried to explain. edit: My original comment was something along the lines that if 4 people accuse someone of being a witch, then there must be something there. I edited my post within a minute, and no one had replied to it yet(from my perspective). Maybe HN should support append-only edits, because I didn't realize what I was doing was wrong. In my mind I was just rephrasing my point without using cliches("witch hunt")

jeffbee 6y ago
Witches don't exist, whereas racists do exist. I know that these threads on HN bring out the absolute dumbest comments, but yours really takes the prize.
- dang 6y ago
  It took me a while to realize that you were replying to a comment that has since been edited. Still, please don't post in the flamewar style or call names on HN. Your post here would be fine without that last swipe. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > Witches don't exist Yes, they do (and, ironically, they probably do now in substantial part because of past witch hunts.)
marshmallow_12 6y ago
so look at his past record. Clearly not a racist.
robarr 6y ago
I appreciate sarcasm but the use of ‘/s’ can clarify intentions to others not so inclined to enjoy it.
dang 6y ago
Please don't stealth-edit your comments in a way that deprives replies of their context. If you want to replace your original argument (about witches) with a better one (about McCarthyism), that's great. But once there are replies whose meaning depends on your original post, please do so by appending it. Otherwise it's unfair to the other user and raises suspicions of malice.

jeffbee 6y ago

Witches don't exist, whereas racists do exist. I know that these threads on HN bring out the absolute dumbest comments, but yours really takes the prize.

dang 6y ago
It took me a while to realize that you were replying to a comment that has since been edited. Still, please don't post in the flamewar style or call names on HN. Your post here would be fine without that last swipe. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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dragonwriter 6y ago
> Witches don't exist Yes, they do (and, ironically, they probably do now in substantial part because of past witch hunts.)

marshmallow_12 6y ago

so look at his past record. Clearly not a racist.

robarr 6y ago

I appreciate sarcasm but the use of ‘/s’ can clarify intentions to others not so inclined to enjoy it.

dang 6y ago

Please don't stealth-edit your comments in a way that deprives replies of their context. If you want to replace your original argument (about witches) with a better one (about McCarthyism), that's great. But once there are replies whose meaning depends on your original post, please do so by appending it. Otherwise it's unfair to the other user and raises suspicions of malice.