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The reason to downvote you is not because your rationale is necessarily "illogical", but because 1) it's speculation, and 2) it's better to spend your speculati
by wissler 13y ago
The reason to downvote you is not because your rationale is necessarily "illogical", but because 1) it's speculation, and 2) it's better to spend your speculative effort defending and supporting the good guys than the bad guys.
- jusben1369 13y agoI come to HN to read views that make me uncomfortable and push my pre-existing assumptions. I started off pretty negative on Snowden but have changed my views over time based on the strength of arguments I've seen here by those who think very differently from me. I'd never downvote something that was genuine and earnest no matter how disagreeable.
- wissler 13y agoSo, it's good to think differently than you and challenge your pre-existing assumptions, but just not regarding when to downvote? ;)
- jusben1369 13y agoI see what you did there! :)
- wissler 13y agoConsistency across scales of abstraction, amazingly rare...