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It's interesting that the good fight for LGBTQ+ is given up as soon as there is a place with actual LGBTQ+ repression and powerful resistance. What then is thi
by zosima 4y ago
It's interesting that the good fight for LGBTQ+ is given up as soon as there is a place with actual LGBTQ+ repression and powerful resistance.
What then is this signalling for?
- lm28469 4y agoStrong with the weak, weak is the strong Western Europe's motto since ww2
- athrow 4y ago
- skyyler 4y agoI find it mildly concerning that fresh accounts with on here seem to be pushing alt-right conspiracy stuff. My take on Douglas Murray: he didn't understand Foucault, got mad about it, and decided Foucault is an evil Marxist. It kind of rhymes with Jordan Peterson's sentiments about the boogeyman of postmodernism.
- helloharvey 4y agoAs far as accounts go you really don’t have a choice on HN, because eventually you’ll get flagged enough to get throttled/suspended and eventually banned for being too controversial, not following groupthink, etc. Between Theranos and pandemic we’ve got a good corpus of what that looks like, and I don’t have 3-4 years to get my commentary vindicated by the same paid news actors that are causing this shit to begin with. No offense to the mods, but community “guidelines” translates into skewed application. As for Douglas Murray, the reviews for his books aged like fine wine.
- skyyler 4y agoThere's plenty of people here with accounts older than a decade. I think this is a "you" problem.
- helloharvey 4y agoI have such an account. But HN requires burner accounts all the same.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> But HN requires burner accounts all the same. No, it really doesn’t. They are a poor substitute for self-awareness.
- helloharvey 4y agoIt does. It would be nice if controversial statements, said in good faith, were not downvoted and flagged, but thats not a reality on HN. Much easier to make burners, say what’s on one’s mind, and move on.
- skyyler 4y agoSo you're not afraid of making controversial statements, but you're afraid to have them attached to your handle? It sounds like you're a coward, honestly.
- helloharvey 4y agoOh no!
- dragonwriter 4y ago> It does. Having never used a burner, been on here a little over a decade, been on the unpopular side of many arguments here, having never had a ban, and being #17 on the leaderboard, I’m pretty confident that HN does not, in fact, require burners. > Much easier to make burners, say what’s on one’s mind, and move on. Yes, its a lot easier to use burners than think about how you are engaging and presenting your views.
- helloharvey 4y ago
- everybodyknows 4y agoMy take on Douglas Murray, based on first paragraph of the Introduction of The War on the West: ... a cultural war, and it is being waged remorselessly ... The man doesn't know the difference between "remorseless" and "relentless".
- pannSun 4y agoWhy do you believe "remorseless" can't be used there? You are certain that Douglas Murray thinks the attackers in this alleged war are showing remorse?
- athrow 4y agoI don't find categorizing something as "alt-right conspiracy stuff" is a serious rebuttal. Since you've complained about the fresh accounts perhaps you should also consider reading through the comments guidelines yourself (your comment is easily violating the top 6): https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- skyyler 4y agoI added some context on why he's a hack, which is plenty interesting. I do genuinely believe he didn't understand the work of Foucault. I also do genuinely believe he's personal friends with the prime minister of Hungary which should tell you everything you need to know about his politics.
- helloharvey 4y ago
- YellowStuDregg 4y agothe people shooting up gay night clubs?
- GameOfFrowns 4y agoIn the case of the recent gay club shooting in Colorado Springs, wasn't the shooter a gay "incel" man himself?
- gumby 4y agoIt's interesting that the good fight for LGBTQ+ is given up as soon as it threatens revenue.
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