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1. You're mischaracterizing the parent's comment, to such a degree that it seems willful. 2. This tendency to police other people's behavior, telling them what
by maroonblazer 4y ago
1. You're mischaracterizing the parent's comment, to such a degree that it seems willful.
2. This tendency to police other people's behavior, telling them what they should or should not do, does not help your cause. It puts people on the defensive. No one, especially adults, like to be told what, or what not, to do unless it's coming from a well-qualified lawyer.
- ttpphd 4y agoI can't believe you are serious. It is pretty clear what the context is here and I didn't mince my words. You are policing MY behavior and you should stop telling people how to be anti-ableist.
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- jacquesm 4y agoIf anything I read the original comment as being the opposite of what you seem to have pulled out of it. HN actually has a guidelines entry on this: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." See: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- Nevermark 4y agoTalking about an aspect of something or someone, is not the same as reducing something or someone to that aspect. Nor was anyone disparaged or disrespected.
- wholinator2 4y agoAgreed, i think the "telling other people what to do" thing is something i haven't seen brought up enough. Seems like the whole current social media is built on defending some group by telling other people that they're bad people for speaking the way they always have and that they must change themselves to fit your opinions, otherwise they're forever doomed to be "bad people". The bad person part is implicit in the command. When did people get so comfortable commanding others and demeaning their thoughts and agency?
- jstarfish 4y ago> When did people get so comfortable commanding others and demeaning their thoughts and agency? When people stopped having "friends" and started accruing "followers." You can bully anybody about anything when your gang is bigger than theirs.