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We'd encourage you to resist the inclination to think of others as "bad faith actors". The guidelines ask us to assume good faith, and in my experience, most pe
by tomhow 1y ago
We'd encourage you to resist the inclination to think of others as "bad faith actors". The guidelines ask us to assume good faith, and in my experience, most people on HN sincerely believe in their positions. That doesn't stop people being wrong, of course. But not many people here are deliberately dishonest.
Sometimes people have a hard time believing that others could be sincere in their positions, because those positions seem so unfamiliar and so far outside credibility. But usually that's just a sign that we don't spend enough time talking to people who think very differently to us.
We hope HN can be one of the better places to do that, but it requires us to come here with a spirit of openness.
- johnnyanmac 1y agoMy biggest fear is that they are sincere. "Of course it's the minorires' fault" in 90+% of contexts is a very dire stance. And if we misaligned so much that we can't even agree on a point as base as "Do I have a right to exist", then that's when I know it's time to find another community. Those are the kinds of "curiosities" I'd not like to explore at this stage of my life.
- tomhow 1y agoI don’t understand the characterization here. This debate is about a minority of senators and the procedure of voting for or against senate resolutions. Of course if anyone posts comments denying a minority in society's “right to exist”, that user would be banned on HN.