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OhioMan2943 2y ago
You're right this is HN not 4chan, because none of the things you said have actually happened here and people can easily have good respectful debate. It feels like you're attempting to use this as a way to silence debate around the country of origin rather than anything else
- flanked-evergl 2y ago
  It did happen: https://archive.ph/KT4q8 https://archive.ph/KT4q8 and to be quite frank, that is just the most egregious example and this thread is anything but respectful debate with statements like "I've taken to using it because i feel uncomfortable even naming them a lot of the time" and implying that HN is somehow afflicted by institutional corruption.
  - dang 2y ago
    I think you misread that post. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41071644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41071644. Btw, you don't need screenshots of HN comments. Anyone with 'showdead' turned on in their profile can read the original: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066729. All: if you turn 'showdead' on, please don't forget that you did so, because we sometimes get emails from people asking "how can you possibly condone $horrible-comment appearing on HN?" when in reality the account has been banned for years.
snapcaster 2y ago
So if I find a lunatic IDF member saying kill all Palestinians you would agree to stop debating this issue out of safety risks against arabs?
- flanked-evergl 2y ago
  If any discussion of it includes Jew hatred, then HN is not the place for it.
dang 2y ago
You're referring to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066729. That comment was rightly flagkilled by users, but I believe you misread it. It was sarcastic and meant the opposite of what it appeared to be saying. In other words, it was more or less agreeing with your own view. HN does get some genuinely antisemitic comments, most of which get posted by one or two serial trolls who keep making new accounts. We ban those whenever we see their latest incarnations—it's a whack-a-mole thing. Edit: please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41071782 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41071782 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41071809 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41071809 also. I've replied in each place you posted this because people often jump to wrong conclusions about the community and it's important not to do that.

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You're right this is HN not 4chan, because none of the things you said have actually happened here and people can easily have good respectful debate. It feels like you're attempting to use this as a way to silence debate around the country of origin rather than anything else

flanked-evergl 2y ago
It did happen: https://archive.ph/KT4q8 https://archive.ph/KT4q8 and to be quite frank, that is just the most egregious example and this thread is anything but respectful debate with statements like "I've taken to using it because i feel uncomfortable even naming them a lot of the time" and implying that HN is somehow afflicted by institutional corruption.
- dang 2y ago
  I think you misread that post. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41071644 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41071644. Btw, you don't need screenshots of HN comments. Anyone with 'showdead' turned on in their profile can read the original: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066729. All: if you turn 'showdead' on, please don't forget that you did so, because we sometimes get emails from people asking "how can you possibly condone $horrible-comment appearing on HN?" when in reality the account has been banned for years.

snapcaster 2y ago

So if I find a lunatic IDF member saying kill all Palestinians you would agree to stop debating this issue out of safety risks against arabs?

flanked-evergl 2y ago
If any discussion of it includes Jew hatred, then HN is not the place for it.

dang 2y ago

You're referring to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066729. That comment was rightly flagkilled by users, but I believe you misread it. It was sarcastic and meant the opposite of what it appeared to be saying. In other words, it was more or less agreeing with your own view. HN does get some genuinely antisemitic comments, most of which get posted by one or two serial trolls who keep making new accounts. We ban those whenever we see their latest incarnations—it's a whack-a-mole thing. Edit: please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41071782 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41071782 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41071809 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41071809 also. I've replied in each place you posted this because people often jump to wrong conclusions about the community and it's important not to do that.