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I don't think any self aware extremist is going to feel attacked by the phrase "extremist minority". They know where their beliefs stand relative to the popula

I don't think any self aware extremist is going to feel attacked by the phrase "extremist minority". They know where their beliefs stand relative to the population at large.

dang 5y ago
Any comment that begins "Thank god attitudes like yours" is very likely breaking the site guidelines. Would you mind reviewing them and taking the intended spirit of this place more to heart? We don't want a culture in which people are just bashing each other. It's bad for conversation. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- throwaway0a5e 5y ago
  Those sorts of presumptive openers go unchecked all the time and we both know it. I'm not going to say anything about the patterns about when they do and don't go unchecked because I don't have the data but at some point poor enforcement becomes selective enforcement.
  - dang 5y ago
    If by 'unchecked' you mean unmoderated, that's likely for the simple reason that we don't come close to seeing everything that gets posted here. You can help with that by flagging such comments or by emailing hn@ycombinator.com in egregious cases. People breaking the rules doesn't make it ok for you or anyone else to break them, though. I replied to your comment because I happened to see it—it's not as if I recognized your username or have any idea what your views are!
    - throwaway0a5e 5y ago
      I mean both unmoderated and uncriticized by the community. I know you can't mod everything but it's an not exactly secret that nobody snidely cites the guidelines when they're being lightly violated by people arguing for whatever the majority view is and people are happy to snidely cite them when people arguing for whatever the minority opinion is even get close to getting out of line. To then show up and do that as moderator is not great. Basically the ref can stand to go a little less hard on whoever is losing.

I don't think any self aware extremist is going to feel attacked by the phrase "extremist minority". They know where their beliefs stand relative to the population at large.

dang 5y ago

Any comment that begins "Thank god attitudes like yours" is very likely breaking the site guidelines. Would you mind reviewing them and taking the intended spirit of this place more to heart? We don't want a culture in which people are just bashing each other. It's bad for conversation. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

throwaway0a5e 5y ago
Those sorts of presumptive openers go unchecked all the time and we both know it. I'm not going to say anything about the patterns about when they do and don't go unchecked because I don't have the data but at some point poor enforcement becomes selective enforcement.
- dang 5y ago
  If by 'unchecked' you mean unmoderated, that's likely for the simple reason that we don't come close to seeing everything that gets posted here. You can help with that by flagging such comments or by emailing hn@ycombinator.com in egregious cases. People breaking the rules doesn't make it ok for you or anyone else to break them, though. I replied to your comment because I happened to see it—it's not as if I recognized your username or have any idea what your views are!
  - throwaway0a5e 5y ago
    I mean both unmoderated and uncriticized by the community. I know you can't mod everything but it's an not exactly secret that nobody snidely cites the guidelines when they're being lightly violated by people arguing for whatever the majority view is and people are happy to snidely cite them when people arguing for whatever the minority opinion is even get close to getting out of line. To then show up and do that as moderator is not great. Basically the ref can stand to go a little less hard on whoever is losing.