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Yeah, derailing for dummies is a guide to tactics that people on forums use to ensure no questions are asked, skeptics are silenced and shamed, reasonable quest
by jerrya 14y ago
Yeah, derailing for dummies is a guide to tactics that people on forums use to ensure no questions are asked, skeptics are silenced and shamed, reasonable questions are avoided, and the speech is carefully policed.
In this case, no one is allowed to question rachel's account because the user name rachelbythebay contains a name commonly associated with being female. It's likely if the username was "robertonthebus" we would be able to question robert's assertions.
But this being Hacker News, I am hopeful we can get past your attempt to speech police and get back to a constructive dialogue.
- Chris2048 14y agoI'm suprised this doesn't get said more often, I've seen dfd (and gfw) linked many times, on many forums, but rarely are these sources critisised. Also, your first paragraph is ambiguous, I'm guessing it means: drd is a guide to 'derailing' tactics used on forums, that is itself used to...
- jerrya 14y agoAlso, your first paragraph is ambiguous, I'm guessing it means: drd is a guide to 'derailing' tactics used on forums, that is itself used to... Yes, thank you.