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This is a really weird ad hominem that is unrelated to the post itself.
by enraged_camel 5y ago
This is a really weird ad hominem that is unrelated to the post itself.
- IceDane 5y agoAd hominem? It seems pretty relevant to me that the author mostly writes snarky articles which directly contradict the moral of this story. For the record, I totally agree with the moral of the story. But we can't just blindly ignore context, and in this case the context is that the author regularly writes articles where someone else is ridiculed because the author has deemed them incompetent. In a similar vein, no one would just ignore it and praise Zuckerberg if he started discussing the importance of personal privacy on his personal blog.
- Nebasuke 5y agoI have to agree with the OC. I read this post, the reply post (https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2021/11/07/select/ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2021/11/07/select/) and "The ONE" (https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2018/04/28/meta/ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2018/04/28/meta/) post and I too was struck by the passive aggressive/defensive tone. To me it really clashed with the original post which concludes we need guidance/mentorship/reference points. Most of the comments in Hackernews are constructive or genuinely curious, don't just dismiss the author and instead provide things to learn. For the author to then write a reply and dismiss all these comments as comments that are really saying "I am THE ONE. You only need to know me. I am better than all of you." is just plain rude and completely counter to their own point.