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Why does it always jump straight to white supremacy and Neo-Nazism? There's a lot of area in there that is being ignored and/or casually dismissed. It's not a

Why does it always jump straight to white supremacy and Neo-Nazism? There's a lot of area in there that is being ignored and/or casually dismissed. It's not an honest discussion.

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lynx23 4y ago
Maybe the people involved are not old enough to ever have heard about Godwin's law? Its now 25 years ago that UseNet users have discovered this. I guess HN still needs a few years to get there.
- cmeacham98 4y ago
  Unfortunately, it seems commenters like "lynx23" haven't yet reached the age of reading the entire comment chain before writing a comment. Maybe then they'd realize the Nazi example was actually brought up by the comment two posts above me and I was just rolling with it as that's the current example in the discussion. I guess they still need a few years to get there.
  - lynx23 4y ago
    I am sorry that you feel I attacked you directly. That was not my intention, nor did I word my reply such that this would be implied. I was refering to a group of people, and you decided to put yourself in that group and feel attacked. Notice that I refered to a group, while you choose to vent your feelings by naming a person specifically, resorting to personal attack. Maybe my age-reference wasn't that much of?
    - cmeacham98 4y ago
      Is this not your comment directly addressing me? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34327652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34327652 Maybe my browser is broken and displaying the wrong username next to it?
      - lynx23 4y ago
        Even though this exchange seems hopeless, I still wish you a happy 2023.
        cmeacham98 4y ago
        You too! Just so you know, as I've seen some people make mistakes like this in the past (example: non-native English speakers), when you directly ask someone a question, us native speakers would consider it "directly addressing" them. So in the future, if you want to refer to a group only, in English you need to not directly ask a question starting with "Have you...".

Why does it always jump straight to white supremacy and Neo-Nazism? There's a lot of area in there that is being ignored and/or casually dismissed. It's not an honest discussion.

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lynx23 4y ago

Maybe the people involved are not old enough to ever have heard about Godwin's law? Its now 25 years ago that UseNet users have discovered this. I guess HN still needs a few years to get there.

cmeacham98 4y ago
Unfortunately, it seems commenters like "lynx23" haven't yet reached the age of reading the entire comment chain before writing a comment. Maybe then they'd realize the Nazi example was actually brought up by the comment two posts above me and I was just rolling with it as that's the current example in the discussion. I guess they still need a few years to get there.
- lynx23 4y ago
  I am sorry that you feel I attacked you directly. That was not my intention, nor did I word my reply such that this would be implied. I was refering to a group of people, and you decided to put yourself in that group and feel attacked. Notice that I refered to a group, while you choose to vent your feelings by naming a person specifically, resorting to personal attack. Maybe my age-reference wasn't that much of?
  - cmeacham98 4y ago
    Is this not your comment directly addressing me? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34327652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34327652 Maybe my browser is broken and displaying the wrong username next to it?
    - lynx23 4y ago
      Even though this exchange seems hopeless, I still wish you a happy 2023.
      - cmeacham98 4y ago
        You too! Just so you know, as I've seen some people make mistakes like this in the past (example: non-native English speakers), when you directly ask someone a question, us native speakers would consider it "directly addressing" them. So in the future, if you want to refer to a group only, in English you need to not directly ask a question starting with "Have you...".