3 ms·
Well actually, I haven’t expressed an opinion about whether his words are acceptable or whether he’s a bad person, whatever that means. I have heard more than a
by raganwald 14y ago
Well actually, I haven’t expressed an opinion about whether his words are acceptable or whether he’s a bad person, whatever that means. I have heard more than a few people taking me to task for wishing him good health on account of his words, and one of the reasons I posted this was to hear from people like you.
- skrebbel 14y agoGenuinely curious, because I don't think I understood this: what do you mean with "people like me"?
- raganwald 14y agoHN readers, especially those who might contruute another perspective. e.g. reg: Stallman is an important voice. detractor: He’s also advocating pedo. reg: He’s still an important voice. HN reader: Actually, he isn’t advocating pedo. <- new perspective
- skrebbel 14y agoah right! thanks for elaborating. in fact, i'm flattered! :-) also, my compliments for not turning this into a flamewar. in retrospect, it would seem that i was about to.
- skrebbel 14y agops. I really don't understand why people downvoted your comment.
- kprobst 14y ago"HackerNews isn't Reddit", until it is.
- mhartl 14y agoThanks. That's useful context.
- vacri 14y agoYou have, actually. Your statement can't even be charitably called 'loaded' - you explicitly state "he has advocated for truly awful practices?". Just throwing in the word 'allegations' doesn't mean that you're presenting a neutral point of view, as all shock jockeys are fully aware.