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Where in the world is the “severe discrimination” and prejudice in that comment? You’re knee-jerk character charging without addressing the main points.

beaconstudios 6y ago
This user stalked me from a previous comment chain. Essentially they are bought into critical theory and I'm bought into systems theory so we're talking past each other. It's kind of amusing given we're presumably after the same thing (reducing power differentials) but by different means.
- mlthoughts2018 6y ago
  I don’t think we’re talking past each other, I just noticed after your comments on the other thread that you have a lot of incendiary bias in many comments that seems really toxic and you seem blind to it and very un-self-aware. For example, you made a recent comment talking about how almost all software developers are horrible at their jobs and that a small set of gatekeeper senior engineers should guard all code review. It just reveals beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are the toxic common element across all these different topics and you bring the same toxicity you have in political beliefs even over into other domains like rudimentary discussion of software engineering. I’m more interested in calling out your really troubling toxic attitudes. I might be right or I might be wrong about details in the politics thread, but it just pales in comparison to the severe bias and negativity emanating from every discussion you join, and yet you persist in complete self-denial that you’ve got some major attitude issues you need to deal with.
  - beaconstudios 6y ago
    then consider me called out. For what it's worth, I don't think you are being particularly pleasant either. That's just disliking each other, and I'm OK with that. > For example, you made a recent comment talking about how almost all software developers are horrible at their jobs and that a small set of gatekeeper senior engineers should guard all code review. For what it's worth it was something of an ironic joke related to the idea that "half of all people are below average at X", but also pointing at the idea that the industry gets better as the individuals who make it up get better at what they do. I support the idea that people who are better at a job should help to educate others. I try to humble myself to better engineers than myself.
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  - dang 6y ago
    We've banned this account for repeatedly breaking the site guidelines, including personal attacks and ideological flamewar, and ignoring our many requests to stop. Not cool. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
mlthoughts2018 6y ago
It is plain as day, already mentioned in my earlier comment that you didn’t read. If you envision an entire generalized class of people along the lines of “leftists make the mistake” then you are practicing severe discrimination against that group. Some leftists may make that mistake, but if you envision it generalizing to a whole class and omitting the fact that that class of people is nuanced with members of all different types and propensities, it is severe, overt discrimination and bias of the most basic and incontrovertible type. My earlier comment already bolstered this point.
- beaconstudios 6y ago
  you're allowed to be biased against sets of ideas. I hold no ill will against leftists and as I've already said, I agree with most of the problems they identify, but I am pointing out a logical issue that I have noticed commonly occurs within the group of people who hold these ideas. I could be totally off-base, I'm not arrogant enough to say that I know the truth for certain - I'm expressing a belief, in sincerity and with positive intent. I don't think we have anything else to talk about. You don't like the way I think and talk - I accept and am OK with that, we don't have to like each other.

beaconstudios 6y ago

This user stalked me from a previous comment chain. Essentially they are bought into critical theory and I'm bought into systems theory so we're talking past each other. It's kind of amusing given we're presumably after the same thing (reducing power differentials) but by different means.

mlthoughts2018 6y ago
I don’t think we’re talking past each other, I just noticed after your comments on the other thread that you have a lot of incendiary bias in many comments that seems really toxic and you seem blind to it and very un-self-aware. For example, you made a recent comment talking about how almost all software developers are horrible at their jobs and that a small set of gatekeeper senior engineers should guard all code review. It just reveals beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are the toxic common element across all these different topics and you bring the same toxicity you have in political beliefs even over into other domains like rudimentary discussion of software engineering. I’m more interested in calling out your really troubling toxic attitudes. I might be right or I might be wrong about details in the politics thread, but it just pales in comparison to the severe bias and negativity emanating from every discussion you join, and yet you persist in complete self-denial that you’ve got some major attitude issues you need to deal with.
- beaconstudios 6y ago
  then consider me called out. For what it's worth, I don't think you are being particularly pleasant either. That's just disliking each other, and I'm OK with that. > For example, you made a recent comment talking about how almost all software developers are horrible at their jobs and that a small set of gatekeeper senior engineers should guard all code review. For what it's worth it was something of an ironic joke related to the idea that "half of all people are below average at X", but also pointing at the idea that the industry gets better as the individuals who make it up get better at what they do. I support the idea that people who are better at a job should help to educate others. I try to humble myself to better engineers than myself.
  - deleted 6y ago
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- dang 6y ago
  We've banned this account for repeatedly breaking the site guidelines, including personal attacks and ideological flamewar, and ignoring our many requests to stop. Not cool. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

mlthoughts2018 6y ago

It is plain as day, already mentioned in my earlier comment that you didn’t read. If you envision an entire generalized class of people along the lines of “leftists make the mistake” then you are practicing severe discrimination against that group. Some leftists may make that mistake, but if you envision it generalizing to a whole class and omitting the fact that that class of people is nuanced with members of all different types and propensities, it is severe, overt discrimination and bias of the most basic and incontrovertible type. My earlier comment already bolstered this point.

beaconstudios 6y ago
you're allowed to be biased against sets of ideas. I hold no ill will against leftists and as I've already said, I agree with most of the problems they identify, but I am pointing out a logical issue that I have noticed commonly occurs within the group of people who hold these ideas. I could be totally off-base, I'm not arrogant enough to say that I know the truth for certain - I'm expressing a belief, in sincerity and with positive intent. I don't think we have anything else to talk about. You don't like the way I think and talk - I accept and am OK with that, we don't have to like each other.