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To put it more politely, these people are expressing attitudes that, if they were ever widely put into practice, would destroy the liberal democratic foundation
by Veen 3y ago
To put it more politely, these people are expressing attitudes that, if they were ever widely put into practice, would destroy the liberal democratic foundations on which our society is built, including the protections that give them the liberty to express such foolish opinions without consequence. That seems insane to me, so I stand by my previous comment: these people are fucking insane.
- dang 3y agoIt would have been fine to post that without the name-calling. Internet denunciation always feels justified, and maybe it sometimes is, but it really dumbs down the threads (e.g. it evokes worse from others), and we have to moderate for the effects of these things. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=troll%20effects%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
- howinteresting 3y agoI don't think that these people should be banned from the clearnet. I do think these people should be banned from Hacker News. There are many people, mostly from marginalized communities, that don't participate on HN due to the presence of overt bigotry here. This is unjust.