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First, I don't want to belong to a community where extolling the virtues of human death is OK. I've been around HN for over a decade and it's easily the most c
by kareemm 5y ago
First, I don't want to belong to a community where extolling the virtues of human death is OK. I've been around HN for over a decade and it's easily the most civil large online community I've ever run into.
Second, I'm fine engaging with the trolley problem on a conceptual / philosophical level. But based on the tone and content, it seemed the poster was happy that antivaxxers are dying: "for every antivax death, we get closer to 100% vaccination rate and finally get back to a normal life."
That's not a philosophical discussion about a real-world version of the trolley problem; that's hoping for more antivaxxer deaths so s/he can be happy.
After reflection on your post, I still think a gentle rebuke for the poster's very real schadenfreude is an appropriate response.