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You have a very odd reading of my comment Dang, how is criticizing the FBI's abuse of power nationalistic?

• dang 5y ago
  It isn't. But doing it with a snarky one-liner containing nationalistic flamebait is. It's not hard to criticize something like "the FBI's abuse of power" in thoughtful, substantive ways. Plenty of HN users do that while staying within the site guidelines. From a moderation perspective, the issue here isn't the FBI or any other divisive topic—it's simply comment quality. "Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  • waiseristy 5y ago
    I still don't see how you are parsing anything nationalistic from this (the comment being a snarky one-liner is what made it nationalistic?). But you are more than welcome to censure any snarky one-liners that you feel go against HN's posting guidelines, regardless of interpretation. Thanks Dang
    • dang 5y ago
      The snarky one liner was quoting a national anthem.
      • waiseristy 5y ago
        That is the most ridiculous reason to label something as nationalistic that I think I have ever heard. Thanks Dang, I have a much better idea of what is and isn't acceptable after this conversation. I'll be sure to avoid posting snarky one liners about other nationalist topics in the future, like Apple Pie.
        • dang 5y ago
          Sorry but I really don't think that was a borderline call!