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This is how cults work. Another example is Republicans who believe in Trumpism and QAnon. It is quite reasonable that those persons can use a defense of insanit

This is how cults work. Another example is Republicans who believe in Trumpism and QAnon. It is quite reasonable that those persons can use a defense of insanity, because they are brainwashed (i.e., not in control of their minds). It's how cults work. I didn't make cults. And I didn't make people join them. Why does providing basic facts break rules of HN?

dang 3y ago
You made the statement in a personal way. Responding with a generic argument doesn't address that. Telling someone "you are sending clear signals that you are not in control of your own mind" is super obviously a personal attack, or at least guaranteed to read as one. Please stop doing that so we don't have to ban you—and please stop posting flamewar comments as well. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- scrum-treats 3y ago
  It's not a personal attack. It's a statement of cause and effect. When a person is programmed to think and believe a certain way, to the point of operant conditioning, that pattern in the brain fires first. By design. That's the purpose. In terms of the "flamewar" claim, (1) did you also warn the other person? (2) Just because the truth doesn't make people feel good doesn't make it less true. Stoking a flame can be a subjective experience depending on one's personal position about a topic. > please stop posting flamewar comments as well Okay. Noted. Will do.
  - dang 3y ago
    I did warn the other commenter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36935242 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36935242. But in general, we need you to follow HN's rules regardless of what other people are doing. (I don't mean just you personally, of course, but everyone here.)

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This is how cults work. Another example is Republicans who believe in Trumpism and QAnon. It is quite reasonable that those persons can use a defense of insanit

by scrum-treats 3y ago

dang 3y ago
You made the statement in a personal way. Responding with a generic argument doesn't address that. Telling someone "you are sending clear signals that you are not in control of your own mind" is super obviously a personal attack, or at least guaranteed to read as one. Please stop doing that so we don't have to ban you—and please stop posting flamewar comments as well. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- scrum-treats 3y ago
  It's not a personal attack. It's a statement of cause and effect. When a person is programmed to think and believe a certain way, to the point of operant conditioning, that pattern in the brain fires first. By design. That's the purpose. In terms of the "flamewar" claim, (1) did you also warn the other person? (2) Just because the truth doesn't make people feel good doesn't make it less true. Stoking a flame can be a subjective experience depending on one's personal position about a topic. > please stop posting flamewar comments as well Okay. Noted. Will do.
  - dang 3y ago
    I did warn the other commenter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36935242 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36935242. But in general, we need you to follow HN's rules regardless of what other people are doing. (I don't mean just you personally, of course, but everyone here.)