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If the use of a single phrase in an obscure three year old mailing list post is enough to make you dismiss someone entirely, that probably says more about you t
by sanity 5mo ago
If the use of a single phrase in an obscure three year old mailing list post is enough to make you dismiss someone entirely, that probably says more about you than it does about me.
- foltik 5mo ago> a single phrase in an obscure three year old mailing list post > I stand by every word I said in that thread
- sanity 5mo agoCorrect, I don't respond to demands that I disavow my own words, even if they weren't the words I'd use today.
- subscribed 5mo agoIf you said "vaccines cause autism" it does the same. It's a pattern, a symptom of the deeply unbalanced and, ironically, non-free thinking. A warning sign. Look, if everyone around tells you says it sounds like a donkey, looks like a donkey and walks like a donkey, maybe check with a vet? It's not a conspiracy and not that hard. You'd be embarrassed if you u saw what we see. And indeed, you destroyed the credibility of the project with that.
- sanity 5mo ago[flagged]
- cynicalkane 5mo ago> "If you think a specific statement was wrong, harmful, or dishonest, then explain why" > someone picks a specific statement > "If the use of a single phrase... is enough to make you dismiss someone entirely" Bro, you asked for a specific statement. Was GP actually supposed to provide N specific statements, where N is a hidden number known only to you?
- sanity 5mo agoHow was that "wrong, harmful, or dishonest" - specifically?
- outside2344 5mo agoYour goal, I think, is to build a movement around Freenet. How does bringing in "the woke mind virus" or "virtue signaling" into a technical conversation help build your movement vs. cause people to tune out?
- sanity 5mo agoI didn't bring in anything, someone dug up and linked to 3-year-old out of context posts to a mailing list - I explained the context.
- pessimizer 5mo agoYou don't understand. All they have to do is repeat what you've said with a snarky tone, tag it with an extreme insult, then imply that it makes you unfit to be employed, even if you are self-employed. Your duty is to apologize, and promise to do better. Specificity is literally gaslighting.
- cynicalkane 5mo agoWhy would I answer that when you already said one statement being wrong doesn't matter? If one statement being wrong doesn't matter then why are you changing your mind and asking? Would there be any point in replying? I've met a lot of folks in software who think contradicting themselves in order to "gotcha" the other person is some form of being clever. You can't really have success reasoning them out of it; they think being incorrigible is the same as winning.
- sanity 5mo ago> Why would I answer that when you already said one statement being wrong doesn't matter? I never said that.