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If the story of concern is the Salon article about Christian homeschooling, my gut wouldn't consider it "necessary for HN's health" because my gut leads me to b

If the story of concern is the Salon article about Christian homeschooling, my gut wouldn't consider it "necessary for HN's health" because my gut leads me to believe that the intersection of fundamentalist Christian homeschoolers and HN'ers is small (though I believe a bit of overlap exists) and therefore the article is unlikely to cause changes in child rearing techniques. That leaves it mostly in the preaching to the choir category at best and an attractive nuisance for commentators in the average case. I ask myself what are people supposed to do with it other than get upset one way or the other? I mean the article has sparked deep passions in you. Good luck.

bryanrasmussen 4y ago
Maybe, I guess I feel it's a reasonably big social issue covered in depth and if you can't discuss those because somebody gets upset then I start to think hey, there's something slightly unhealthy in that. I mean I have had things flagged in the past that I thought, huh, some people are real delicate about their feelings and didn't complain but I think this seems a bit weirder - maybe because of the religious angle, but the article does hit more than just religious homeschoolers. on edit: actually no it didn't spark deep passions in me, I live in Denmark so I don't have problems with homeschooling. I thought, uh interesting I post it. Then I saw quick traction and then flagged and I thought WTF? Who would flag that unless... huh, well I just wasn't expecting not to be able to discuss stuff on HN because Christians were offended. It seems somehow... wrong.
- brudgers 4y ago
  Living Denmark, do you have a dog in the fight? Living in Denmark, what experience do you have with a constitution that prohibits state religion? Posting things that are going to make people upset is a trolling behavior. Not saying your post was trolling, only pointing out it was flagged dead by the community. Maybe because there’s plenty of internet — as in almost all the rest of it outside HN — where people can’t wait to engage on the topic.
  - bryanrasmussen 4y ago
    I'm thinking in your world people who live in one place have only ever lived in that one place? >Posting things that are going to make people upset is a trolling behavior. ok but I didn't expect anyone to be upset by it, But I guess some folks are more delicate than my expectations. >Not saying your post was trolling, only pointing out it was flagged dead by the community. ok, the community did it.
    - brudgers 4y ago
      It’s not a matter of delicacy. It is a matter of not being intellectually interesting in practice…I mean it was posted to advance your it’s-important agenda. Like I said, you can go to Facebook, Twitter, or Reddit and get your fix.
      - bryanrasmussen 4y ago
        you could also go to those places with that style of argumentation, but pot and kettle.
        brudgers 4y ago
        Not really because those places encourage the sort of engagement the story facilitates. HN discourages it. That’s my point. On HN removing what might be mistaken for trolling is a matter of good taste and calling it “delicacy” doesn’t change that. It just adds a layer of irony to the question.

bryanrasmussen 4y ago

Maybe, I guess I feel it's a reasonably big social issue covered in depth and if you can't discuss those because somebody gets upset then I start to think hey, there's something slightly unhealthy in that. I mean I have had things flagged in the past that I thought, huh, some people are real delicate about their feelings and didn't complain but I think this seems a bit weirder - maybe because of the religious angle, but the article does hit more than just religious homeschoolers. on edit: actually no it didn't spark deep passions in me, I live in Denmark so I don't have problems with homeschooling. I thought, uh interesting I post it. Then I saw quick traction and then flagged and I thought WTF? Who would flag that unless... huh, well I just wasn't expecting not to be able to discuss stuff on HN because Christians were offended. It seems somehow... wrong.

brudgers 4y ago
Living Denmark, do you have a dog in the fight? Living in Denmark, what experience do you have with a constitution that prohibits state religion? Posting things that are going to make people upset is a trolling behavior. Not saying your post was trolling, only pointing out it was flagged dead by the community. Maybe because there’s plenty of internet — as in almost all the rest of it outside HN — where people can’t wait to engage on the topic.
- bryanrasmussen 4y ago
  I'm thinking in your world people who live in one place have only ever lived in that one place? >Posting things that are going to make people upset is a trolling behavior. ok but I didn't expect anyone to be upset by it, But I guess some folks are more delicate than my expectations. >Not saying your post was trolling, only pointing out it was flagged dead by the community. ok, the community did it.
  - brudgers 4y ago
    It’s not a matter of delicacy. It is a matter of not being intellectually interesting in practice…I mean it was posted to advance your it’s-important agenda. Like I said, you can go to Facebook, Twitter, or Reddit and get your fix.
    - bryanrasmussen 4y ago
      you could also go to those places with that style of argumentation, but pot and kettle.
      - brudgers 4y ago
        Not really because those places encourage the sort of engagement the story facilitates. HN discourages it. That’s my point. On HN removing what might be mistaken for trolling is a matter of good taste and calling it “delicacy” doesn’t change that. It just adds a layer of irony to the question.