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This is a rather heat generating post (as opposed to light). I think the things that cause this are: * References to some supposed collective discourse ("so m
by concordDance 4y ago
This is a rather heat generating post (as opposed to light).
I think the things that cause this are:
* References to some supposed collective discourse ("so many refuse to discuss this.").
* Statements about what "we" do (who is "we"? Americans? Anglos? English speakers? The world?).
* Heavily political topic central to the USA Culture War.
* Use of (USA) identity group divisions ("white", "black").
I think this is a really unproductive line of discourse and a particularly bad way of approaching that line, focusing on consensus building and a call to action (in this case, a change of discourse). I think this post is unsuitable for hackernews.
- neurobama 4y ago[flagged]
- concordDance 4y agoAnd do you think your post has lead to productive discourse or just culture war thread number 63548?
- neurobama 4y agoI think a lot of people who didn't know the contours of this auto theft crime wave, or perhaps even know such a crime wave was happening, now have a better understanding of what's happening and why.
- junofan 4y agoIt’s the comment section on an American car blog article posted to an American news site owned by an American startup accelerator. What do you expect?
- chasil 4y agoFor myself, I choose not to address the question. I stand to gain nothing from it, so it seems pointless to pursue it. However, what do you think is a productive line of discourse on this problem, that makes light and not heat? It seems a quandry to me.