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Again, as I said that is one persons opinion who through either ignorance, pressure, or bias will choose a political side. We have former military generals clai

Again, as I said that is one persons opinion who through either ignorance, pressure, or bias will choose a political side. We have former military generals claiming there were aliens found but one person’s claim while it makes a story for an article does not represent evidence.

Forgeties79 5y ago
To compare a former exec listing a very possible situation to the ravings about aliens is, once against, blatantly dishonest. To get back to the original point, I don't know what to tell you. If you think cancelling is a tactic only implemented by the left, then there is a very thick layer of irony in your "one persons opinion who through either ignorance, pressure, or bias will choose a political side" line. Have a good one man.
- smaryjerry 5y ago
  This is just common sense in my eyes that you should scrutinize a source when especially if it comes from a very small group or one person with motivations to pick a political side and you will find one person to pick an opposite side in every case. I already stated that cancel culture comes from both sides and we don’t have data to prove this definitively but when the cancellation is an overreaction it is typically coming from one side and in particular on claims of sex, race, and religion. I’m not going to pretend there’s a clear cut line what makes someone right or left but when it comes to specific topics big tech will always lean to one side of the line.
  - Forgeties79 5y ago
    >I’m not going to pretend there’s a clear cut line what makes someone right or left but when it comes to specific topics big tech will always lean to one side of the line. You should check this once a day and see the reality. https://twitter.com/FacebooksTop10/status/1506662099887529984?s=20&t=me4Zls5u5Zc3cjG00fBykQ https://twitter.com/FacebooksTop10/status/150666209988752998... I'm done man. This is just a flamewar at this point.
  - otterley 5y ago
    > you will find one person to pick an opposite side in every case Of course there will be someone with a contrary opinion in almost every controversial issue. The key is to closely scrutinize the competing arguments based on the strength of the argument, the available data, and your moral compass, and make your judgment based on those. Personally, I am biased towards the positions that are based on the most intellectually-rigorous arguments supported by voluminous data; and I'd hope the type of people who frequent HN do the same, regardless of their political affiliation.

Forgeties79 5y ago

To compare a former exec listing a very possible situation to the ravings about aliens is, once against, blatantly dishonest. To get back to the original point, I don't know what to tell you. If you think cancelling is a tactic only implemented by the left, then there is a very thick layer of irony in your "one persons opinion who through either ignorance, pressure, or bias will choose a political side" line. Have a good one man.

smaryjerry 5y ago
This is just common sense in my eyes that you should scrutinize a source when especially if it comes from a very small group or one person with motivations to pick a political side and you will find one person to pick an opposite side in every case. I already stated that cancel culture comes from both sides and we don’t have data to prove this definitively but when the cancellation is an overreaction it is typically coming from one side and in particular on claims of sex, race, and religion. I’m not going to pretend there’s a clear cut line what makes someone right or left but when it comes to specific topics big tech will always lean to one side of the line.
- Forgeties79 5y ago
  >I’m not going to pretend there’s a clear cut line what makes someone right or left but when it comes to specific topics big tech will always lean to one side of the line. You should check this once a day and see the reality. https://twitter.com/FacebooksTop10/status/1506662099887529984?s=20&t=me4Zls5u5Zc3cjG00fBykQ https://twitter.com/FacebooksTop10/status/150666209988752998... I'm done man. This is just a flamewar at this point.
- otterley 5y ago
  > you will find one person to pick an opposite side in every case Of course there will be someone with a contrary opinion in almost every controversial issue. The key is to closely scrutinize the competing arguments based on the strength of the argument, the available data, and your moral compass, and make your judgment based on those. Personally, I am biased towards the positions that are based on the most intellectually-rigorous arguments supported by voluminous data; and I'd hope the type of people who frequent HN do the same, regardless of their political affiliation.