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Oh grow up. This is pure concern trolling.
by 27fingies 3y ago
Oh grow up. This is pure concern trolling.
- khazhoux 3y ago“Concern trolling” is when someone pretends to be concerned but isn’t actually, and really thinks the opposite. I’ll wager the commenter was legitimately bothered by the statement (as I was). You may disagree with his opinion, but it’s not cool to question his motive.
- 27fingies 3y agoIt’s totally cool to question motives and in fact it’s an important part of understanding why things happen.
- CRConrad 3y ago> It’s totally cool to question motives Oh yeah? OK, in that case: Yours are looking ever increasingly dubious.
- khazhoux 3y agoOn HN I think we expect better, which includes the courtesy to not question each other’s earnestness, and to challenge people’s positions and not their motivations.
- 27fingies 3y agoWell I hate to tell you this but motives are an important piece of how the world works. People don’t think and say things in a vacuum. I am not generous with giving people the benefit of the doubt when their position is in alignment with white supremacists.
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- OrvalWintermute 3y agoMost of HN submitted content is worth reading for technical merit alone, but it does not include with racist or sexist content. If anything, we treat racist and sexist content as something to fight. That I raised attention to this issue does not justify a problematic label like "concern trolling". We are better than this, and our content should reflect that.