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I want you to hear your argument from the outside. Maybe that will help you understand why people seem to be disagreeing with you. What I'm reading: This is a

I want you to hear your argument from the outside. Maybe that will help you understand why people seem to be disagreeing with you. What I'm reading: This is a disaster, but it's not as bad as what some people are saying online. We shouldn't really worry about it, because releasing this small amount of this chemical isn't really as bad of a problem as a nuclear power plant melting down. This disaster isn't special, it's just one of many, and it upsets me that people are treating it like it's special. That's how your arguments seem to be structured, and to be honest, I don't really understand what you're trying to get at. That would be why the person who you're responding to asked how many accidents like this are acceptable. Because you seem to be hand-waving and saying, this isn't that bad. It's very confusing.

Workaccount2 4y ago
People on reddit were talking about abandoning their home to head out west in order to avoid the "fallout" of the disaster. Uproot your family and say goodbye to home, it's now lost. The group pushing this is stoking maximum fear and panic, and it's just not warranted. So the heart of my argument is "There is a lot of misinformation being peddled around this disaster, be vigilant." There are real people who will make real decisions based on what they know. It's best they know the truth, rather than be a pawn in some political game. Also the original reason I replied was to point out that the post was almost certainly removed because it tripped bot alarms.
- iinnPP 4y ago
  You seem to understand a lot about how much "velocity" impacts HN front page. You posted many times indicating this is some kind of operation and used single person comments from Reddit as your proof. That's obviously not proof of anything. It also got on fire here, and nobody made such a claim about moving away. One thing to note however is that your replies are clearly upsetting people who believe this is a problem. You don't get to decide what real problems are, we all do. You have also oddly suggested this is an operation. Given the direction of your posts, one could conclude you are engaged in a counter operation. Further, you note your own success in the manner twice in this very topic. Can you perhaps share insight using some facts you are basing your claims on so we can see what you see?
colpabar 4y ago
You forgot to include "the people who are responsible for the train derailment and the people who decided to release the chemicals into the atmosphere told us there is nothing to worry about, so you should believe them."

Workaccount2 4y ago

People on reddit were talking about abandoning their home to head out west in order to avoid the "fallout" of the disaster. Uproot your family and say goodbye to home, it's now lost. The group pushing this is stoking maximum fear and panic, and it's just not warranted. So the heart of my argument is "There is a lot of misinformation being peddled around this disaster, be vigilant." There are real people who will make real decisions based on what they know. It's best they know the truth, rather than be a pawn in some political game. Also the original reason I replied was to point out that the post was almost certainly removed because it tripped bot alarms.

iinnPP 4y ago
You seem to understand a lot about how much "velocity" impacts HN front page. You posted many times indicating this is some kind of operation and used single person comments from Reddit as your proof. That's obviously not proof of anything. It also got on fire here, and nobody made such a claim about moving away. One thing to note however is that your replies are clearly upsetting people who believe this is a problem. You don't get to decide what real problems are, we all do. You have also oddly suggested this is an operation. Given the direction of your posts, one could conclude you are engaged in a counter operation. Further, you note your own success in the manner twice in this very topic. Can you perhaps share insight using some facts you are basing your claims on so we can see what you see?

colpabar 4y ago

You forgot to include "the people who are responsible for the train derailment and the people who decided to release the chemicals into the atmosphere told us there is nothing to worry about, so you should believe them."