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> So it doesn't seem likely anyone on HN ever genuinely thought they all groups of people are 'morally pure'. Right, that was just a straw man argument the per

> So it doesn't seem likely anyone on HN ever genuinely thought they all groups of people are 'morally pure'. Right, that was just a straw man argument the person I was responding to was making. > It's even less likely that anyone actually does 'nothing' when they encounter groups of suspicious people in real life, unless they are an extreme doormat. I have never been talking about abstract people doing nothing when they encounter abstract suspicious people. You're also making a straw man argument. I'm talking about a pervasive culture of Hacker News who not only does nothing, but actively opposes doing anything to prevent corporations (not abstract suspicious entities) from causing harm. A significant portion of HN unequivocally opposes any regulation of companies and will defend all sorts of horrible corporate behaviors. This isn't an assumption, it's an observation of reality. EDIT: It's literally an observation of a reality which is occurring in this chain of posts. You don't have to go far to observe it.

MichaelZuo 3y ago
Your still assuming their behaviour in actuality can be ascertained via what they type out in the comments box... This seems like a stretch to be honest, especially since most HN users use pseudonyms. Have you ever considered they might just want to rile you up online, for whatever reasons, but in real life know perfectly well what's what? e.g. even someone very inclined to go against your comments and arguments would in fact still understand that a subset of 'corporations' are suspicious to some degree, but put on some pretence and so on.
- kerkeslager 3y ago
  > Your still assuming their behaviour in actuality can be ascertained via what they type out in the comments box... Please refrain from telling me what I think. You don't know what I think. > Have you ever considered they might just want to rile you up online, for whatever reasons, but in real life know perfectly well what's what? I've come across this pro-corporate, anti-human ideology in person as well.
  - MichaelZuo 3y ago
    > Please refrain from telling me what I think. You don't know what I think. Huh? The quoted section is not even suggesting to take it up as your own thoughts, let alone 'telling'. I'm not 'telling' anyone to even read my comments in the first place... > I've come across this pro-corporate, anti-human ideology in person as well. It seems really unlikely that you've met even 1/10000 of the user-base in real life, nor likely would it be a representative cross section, so how does this relates to the parent comments?

MichaelZuo 3y ago

Your still assuming their behaviour in actuality can be ascertained via what they type out in the comments box... This seems like a stretch to be honest, especially since most HN users use pseudonyms. Have you ever considered they might just want to rile you up online, for whatever reasons, but in real life know perfectly well what's what? e.g. even someone very inclined to go against your comments and arguments would in fact still understand that a subset of 'corporations' are suspicious to some degree, but put on some pretence and so on.

kerkeslager 3y ago
> Your still assuming their behaviour in actuality can be ascertained via what they type out in the comments box... Please refrain from telling me what I think. You don't know what I think. > Have you ever considered they might just want to rile you up online, for whatever reasons, but in real life know perfectly well what's what? I've come across this pro-corporate, anti-human ideology in person as well.
- MichaelZuo 3y ago
  > Please refrain from telling me what I think. You don't know what I think. Huh? The quoted section is not even suggesting to take it up as your own thoughts, let alone 'telling'. I'm not 'telling' anyone to even read my comments in the first place... > I've come across this pro-corporate, anti-human ideology in person as well. It seems really unlikely that you've met even 1/10000 of the user-base in real life, nor likely would it be a representative cross section, so how does this relates to the parent comments?