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I rather see people engaging than giving lazy down votes btw. If these facts are inconvenient, try to choose a better way to handle them.

dang 1y ago
Users (correctly) flagged your GP comment because it broke the site guidelines, including these: "Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents." "Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity." "Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive." If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.
- exceptione 1y ago
  I am baffled by this moderation. It could be that it is my English which leads to misunderstandings. I mentioned some facts, - namely that there are lots of denominations, sects, and currents that do not just place some minor debatable emphasis here or there, but where the teachings are directly in confrontation with those of Jesus (in the words of the scriptures). Disagree? - namely that this phenomenon is especially large in the USA. This could (I phrased that more cautious than historians and theologians do) be a consequence of the "expelling/migration" of religious leaders gather their own following around highly, lets call it neutral, unorthodox teachings. That would explain a culture where all kinds of religious belief systems that are rather straying far from what Christianity consider the core of their beliefs, including a large proliferation of sects compared to Europe. - Project 2025 is sponsored and written by organizations of which we have evidence of being not aligned to democracy and some important human rights. I do not have the recordings at hand, but I might assume people are informed enough here. From an Europeans perspective, this is nothing new. Those are not flamebaits. They are an invitation for people to, for example, explain what they see on the ground, and how they see things going in the future, taking into account what the current power arrangements are. So I am baffled. If this all sounds egregious, then I conclude we have an Overton Window here. Notwithstanding that in academia this is not even a discussion topic at all!
  - dang 1y ago
    Your post veered straight in the direction of generic flamewar tangents (starting with nationalistic generalizations, then contemporary partisan provocations, ending with fascism). That's the kind of thing the HN guidelines ask commenters not to do, especially when the discussion starts with a relatively* scholarly and historical article. * (yes, I know it's jacobin, but still)

dang 1y ago

Users (correctly) flagged your GP comment because it broke the site guidelines, including these: "Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents." "Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity." "Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive." If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.

exceptione 1y ago
I am baffled by this moderation. It could be that it is my English which leads to misunderstandings. I mentioned some facts, - namely that there are lots of denominations, sects, and currents that do not just place some minor debatable emphasis here or there, but where the teachings are directly in confrontation with those of Jesus (in the words of the scriptures). Disagree? - namely that this phenomenon is especially large in the USA. This could (I phrased that more cautious than historians and theologians do) be a consequence of the "expelling/migration" of religious leaders gather their own following around highly, lets call it neutral, unorthodox teachings. That would explain a culture where all kinds of religious belief systems that are rather straying far from what Christianity consider the core of their beliefs, including a large proliferation of sects compared to Europe. - Project 2025 is sponsored and written by organizations of which we have evidence of being not aligned to democracy and some important human rights. I do not have the recordings at hand, but I might assume people are informed enough here. From an Europeans perspective, this is nothing new. Those are not flamebaits. They are an invitation for people to, for example, explain what they see on the ground, and how they see things going in the future, taking into account what the current power arrangements are. So I am baffled. If this all sounds egregious, then I conclude we have an Overton Window here. Notwithstanding that in academia this is not even a discussion topic at all!
- dang 1y ago
  Your post veered straight in the direction of generic flamewar tangents (starting with nationalistic generalizations, then contemporary partisan provocations, ending with fascism). That's the kind of thing the HN guidelines ask commenters not to do, especially when the discussion starts with a relatively* scholarly and historical article. * (yes, I know it's jacobin, but still)