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This sort of discourse would be flagged, moderated and possibly result in a ban here on HN. His actions seem to undermine a lot of what this community is meant

This sort of discourse would be flagged, moderated and possibly result in a ban here on HN. His actions seem to undermine a lot of what this community is meant to be about.

infamouscow 3y ago
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- mjhay 3y ago
  You do realize that the first amendment protects individuals from prosecution for protected speech, right? It does not guarantee protection from professional or social consequences. For some reason this distinction is very hard to understand for people of certain political stripes. Regardless, death threats are not protected under the first amendment, so you're even wrong under your idiotic assumptions of how the law works.
  - infamouscow 3y ago
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    - meepmorp 3y ago
      > I sincerely wish the worst things imaginable for these activist journalists. They are the enemy of the people. This is unironically the kind of shit that authoritarians love to say about journalists.
      - infamouscow 3y ago
        That's an association fallacy and doesn't make it any less true.
        meepmorp 3y ago
        Your palpable anger at people who say things you don't like isn't helping your case. Maybe you made a fallacy fallacy.
      - zoklet-enjoyer 3y ago
        Most journalists are just propogandists and misinformed people stating option as fact. I don't understand why anyone holds them in high regard. Like yeah, there are many great individual journalists who take their job seriously and get real information out to people, but for the most part, no.
cdchn 3y ago
Rules for thee, not for me.
minimaxir 3y ago
Hacker News has been pretty insulated from Y Combinator as an institution over the years. Nowadays, I'm impressed by that.
infotainment 3y ago
Sure, and that would be the system working as intended. I choose to post everything under random dictionary word pseudonyms just in case one of my hot takes is slightly too spicy. His real mistake was posting under his real name IMO.
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zzzeek 3y ago
Well unless you tell the mods you were drunk, apparently. Then they shrug and say "well what can you do! It was the alcohol talking, not them "
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This sort of discourse would be flagged, moderated and possibly result in a ban here on HN. His actions seem to undermine a lot of what this community is meant to be about.

infamouscow 3y ago

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mjhay 3y ago
You do realize that the first amendment protects individuals from prosecution for protected speech, right? It does not guarantee protection from professional or social consequences. For some reason this distinction is very hard to understand for people of certain political stripes. Regardless, death threats are not protected under the first amendment, so you're even wrong under your idiotic assumptions of how the law works.
- infamouscow 3y ago
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  - meepmorp 3y ago
    > I sincerely wish the worst things imaginable for these activist journalists. They are the enemy of the people. This is unironically the kind of shit that authoritarians love to say about journalists.
    - infamouscow 3y ago
      That's an association fallacy and doesn't make it any less true.
      - meepmorp 3y ago
        Your palpable anger at people who say things you don't like isn't helping your case. Maybe you made a fallacy fallacy.
    - zoklet-enjoyer 3y ago
      Most journalists are just propogandists and misinformed people stating option as fact. I don't understand why anyone holds them in high regard. Like yeah, there are many great individual journalists who take their job seriously and get real information out to people, but for the most part, no.

cdchn 3y ago

Rules for thee, not for me.

minimaxir 3y ago

Hacker News has been pretty insulated from Y Combinator as an institution over the years. Nowadays, I'm impressed by that.

infotainment 3y ago

Sure, and that would be the system working as intended. I choose to post everything under random dictionary word pseudonyms just in case one of my hot takes is slightly too spicy. His real mistake was posting under his real name IMO.

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zzzeek 3y ago

Well unless you tell the mods you were drunk, apparently. Then they shrug and say "well what can you do! It was the alcohol talking, not them "

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