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Nobody. You made up all those things you asked if I believed, out of thin air, for some bizarre reason. "If you're... If you're..." is a red flag for an argumen

Nobody. You made up all those things you asked if I believed, out of thin air, for some bizarre reason. "If you're... If you're..." is a red flag for an argument. If you're not clear I was making an argument yourself... maybe it's because I didn't make it?

P_I_Staker 4y ago
Maybe you should calm down. OP is asking some fair and interesting questions. There's no need to be this defensive.
- chrisseaton 4y ago
  I can't debate them to defend an opinion I don't hold and never presented! The answer to all their questions is basically 'I never said that in the first place.' How's that going to lead to an interesting discussion?
  - safety1st 4y ago
    Your comment accused "some people" of being sexist. I asked you who those people are. There are specific academics who are proponents of this theory, so the most likely guess is that they were the target of your defamatory statement. I gave you the opportunity to clarify who you were defaming, but for some reason you don't want to. (In my opinion, you shouldn't be posting vague defamatory statements in the first place.)
    - chrisseaton 4y ago
      > Your comment accused "some people" of being sexist. I literally haven't used the word 'sexist' once in this entire thread. That's a word you used. See what I mean? I can't defend the use of 'sexist'... because I didn't use it... you did! I've leave this thread to let you argue with your own choice of words on your own!
      - safety1st 4y ago
        To quote you verbatim: > some people think it's women's job to marry men to stop them being a menace to society. So now you're saying this view held by these 'some people' isn't sexist? I don't really have any desire to continue this, the fact is you posted a defamatory statement and don't want to own it, but I think to have posted it at all is against the spirit of Hacker News, which encourages open inquiry and curiosity, not attacking people for their immorality or whatever you were doing here. You should post that kind of thing on Reddit's r/politics instead where I'm sure people will upvote it like crazy. Have a nice day.

P_I_Staker 4y ago

Maybe you should calm down. OP is asking some fair and interesting questions. There's no need to be this defensive.

chrisseaton 4y ago
I can't debate them to defend an opinion I don't hold and never presented! The answer to all their questions is basically 'I never said that in the first place.' How's that going to lead to an interesting discussion?
- safety1st 4y ago
  Your comment accused "some people" of being sexist. I asked you who those people are. There are specific academics who are proponents of this theory, so the most likely guess is that they were the target of your defamatory statement. I gave you the opportunity to clarify who you were defaming, but for some reason you don't want to. (In my opinion, you shouldn't be posting vague defamatory statements in the first place.)
  - chrisseaton 4y ago
    > Your comment accused "some people" of being sexist. I literally haven't used the word 'sexist' once in this entire thread. That's a word you used. See what I mean? I can't defend the use of 'sexist'... because I didn't use it... you did! I've leave this thread to let you argue with your own choice of words on your own!
    - safety1st 4y ago
      To quote you verbatim: > some people think it's women's job to marry men to stop them being a menace to society. So now you're saying this view held by these 'some people' isn't sexist? I don't really have any desire to continue this, the fact is you posted a defamatory statement and don't want to own it, but I think to have posted it at all is against the spirit of Hacker News, which encourages open inquiry and curiosity, not attacking people for their immorality or whatever you were doing here. You should post that kind of thing on Reddit's r/politics instead where I'm sure people will upvote it like crazy. Have a nice day.