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I’m puzzled as to why posts critical of sex work are being downvoted on HNs lately? Downvotes aren’t supposed to be for “I disagree” or “I think differently” -

I’m puzzled as to why posts critical of sex work are being downvoted on HNs lately? Downvotes aren’t supposed to be for “I disagree” or “I think differently” - they’re supposed to be for contributions against the spirit of the site. It’s perfectly fine to think prostitution is a bad thing that shouldn’t be encouraged - that’s not hateful lack of inclusivity for sex workers - it’s an ethical viewpoint concerning human dignity and likely negative social outcomes that’s reasonable to express.

brundolf 4y ago
The GP came across to me as having personal, preconceived emotional reasons for taking issue with the subject, and then skimming the content for things to support that without actually reading it very closely. To me that's a low-quality comment
swatcoder 4y ago
> Downvotes aren’t supposed to be for “I disagree” That’s incorrect. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16131314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16131314
kadoban 4y ago
> It’s perfectly fine to think prostitution is a bad thing that shouldn’t be encouraged - that’s not hateful lack of inclusivity for sex workers - it’s an ethical viewpoint concerning human dignity and likely negative social outcomes that’s reasonable to express. When you look at the consequences for said viewpoint, they're all extremely negative for sex workers. At that point it stops being so philosophical.
trasz 4y ago
>It’s perfectly fine to think prostitution is a bad thing that shouldn’t be encouraged There are two problems here. First is that US has a long history of trying to handle the problem by prosecuting the victims (sex workers) instead of offenders (clients). Another is that this happens to be usually justified using religious gibberish.

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I’m puzzled as to why posts critical of sex work are being downvoted on HNs lately? Downvotes aren’t supposed to be for “I disagree” or “I think differently” -

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brundolf 4y ago
The GP came across to me as having personal, preconceived emotional reasons for taking issue with the subject, and then skimming the content for things to support that without actually reading it very closely. To me that's a low-quality comment
swatcoder 4y ago
> Downvotes aren’t supposed to be for “I disagree” That’s incorrect. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16131314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16131314
kadoban 4y ago
> It’s perfectly fine to think prostitution is a bad thing that shouldn’t be encouraged - that’s not hateful lack of inclusivity for sex workers - it’s an ethical viewpoint concerning human dignity and likely negative social outcomes that’s reasonable to express. When you look at the consequences for said viewpoint, they're all extremely negative for sex workers. At that point it stops being so philosophical.
trasz 4y ago
>It’s perfectly fine to think prostitution is a bad thing that shouldn’t be encouraged There are two problems here. First is that US has a long history of trying to handle the problem by prosecuting the victims (sex workers) instead of offenders (clients). Another is that this happens to be usually justified using religious gibberish.