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Not following a proscribed political viewpoint is now "extremist trolling". Yeesh! Some of these points aren't even controversial to most people in the real wo
by guntherhermann 4y ago
Not following a proscribed political viewpoint is now "extremist trolling". Yeesh!
Some of these points aren't even controversial to most people in the real world, just on the Internet. See: men in women's sports. Go and ask a random person in real life what they think and then compare that with the Fediverse.
Is that viewpoint "extremist trolling"? I don't think so, personally. You've just assumed the parent must be a horrendous person with horrendous viewpoints. But you actually haven't read them.
Here's some rules:
> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.
> Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Have a nice day.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y agoThe idea that "the fediverse", an inherently decentralised network even has "a proscribed political viewpoint" is extremist and troll-y, yes. it is the technique of skating right over the bad-faith misframing of the issue in the hopes that we go along with it. > You've just assumed the parent must be a horrendous person with horrendous viewpoints No worse than what they assumed. I refer you to my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35601135 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35601135 And I'm not going to engage with your other talking points.