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So much for intellectual debate [1], then, I suppose. Congratulations, if you like, on having genuinely astounded me; perhaps it's merely foolish naïveté on my
by aaronem 13y ago
So much for intellectual debate [1], then, I suppose. Congratulations, if you like, on having genuinely astounded me; perhaps it's merely foolish naïveté on my part, but I'd never have expected anyone to conclude that I am a traitor to my country, based merely on the facts that I know a little bit about modern history and that my English is better than yours.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7630065 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7630065
- the_hangman 13y agoWelcum 2 'merika.
- aaronem 13y agoIt's easy to assume that the problem lies with the assorted hicks, rednecks, and crackers who make up so much of this country's population. As a Mississippi son, though, I have the good fortune to know better. After all, I doubt there are all that many hicks, rednecks, and/or crackers who participate on HN, my own humble self aside.
- webmaven 13y agoHave you really never previously encountered suspicions aimed at those with book larnin' and fancy talk?
- aaronem 13y agoSure I have, even on HN. But, here at least, they're much more the exception than the rule, and I've never before encountered such an egregious example of the type. Even growing up in rural Mississippi, no one ever accused me of betraying my country because I talked fancy.
- webmaven 13y agoYeah. Here on HN, what you see is mostly just valid skepticism of credentialism that sometimes bleeds into a backlash against all those with credentials.
- aaronem 12y agoTrue, though I don't fall foul of that myself, because I don't have any credentials for anyone to be skeptical about. I do have a tendency to indulge in rhetoric, though, and I've been pleasantly surprised on many occasions by how willing my fellow HN commenters seem to be to tolerate that deviation.