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Why does that scare you? The commenter made an honest disclosure of a relevant activity, indicating that they have strong feelings about the subject. Discouragi
by fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
Why does that scare you? The commenter made an honest disclosure of a relevant activity, indicating that they have strong feelings about the subject. Discouraging such disclosures doesn't prevent parties from having strong feelings, but rather may encourage them to conceal their motivations. People can have feelings, and still maintain honesty in their arguments. Expecting everyone to have a detached objectiveness might be ideal (or might not), but is an unrealistic expectation; entirely impractical in a public debate.
- larrys 13y agoI think it's great that it was disclosed my intention was not to give someone a reason not to disclose although I guess I see how that might be the result of a comment like mine. (As a side note that's not an entirely infrequent occurrence on HN "shoot first" (downvote) based upon agreement or disagreement not wanting to hear opposing views. What scares me is that people get riled up by a rally in that way based upon crowd psychology http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Crowd_psychology http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Crowd_psychology