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This was my opinion..and I was silenced as a result of it. I wish the progressives on HN were more about being open and free, rather than closed. If I say som

This was my opinion..and I was silenced as a result of it. I wish the progressives on HN were more about being open and free, rather than closed. If I say something that anyone here even remotely disagrees with, I am down voted. This is why people like me will stop coming here and eventually leave the HN community completely.

tptacek 12y ago
Ok then.
paulhauggis 12y ago
his was my opinion..and I was silenced as a result of it. I wish the progressives on HN were more about being open and free, rather than closed. If I say something that anyone here even remotely disagrees with, I am down voted. This is why people like me will stop coming here and eventually leave the HN community completely. I will keep posting this until I get my point across.
- industriousthou 12y ago
  Is this the part where you're being silenced?
- AngrySkillzz 12y ago
  Don't leave eventually, leave now. Thanks. HN already has enough idiots who don't understand mental health.
  - dang 12y ago
    Personal attacks are not allowed on Hacker News.
paulhauggis 12y ago
his was my opinion..and I was silenced as a result of it. I wish the progressives on HN were more about being open and free, rather than closed. If I say something that anyone here even remotely disagrees with, I am down voted. This is why people like me will stop coming here and eventually leave the HN community completely.
paulhauggis 12y ago
his was my opinion..and I was silenced as a result of it. I wish the progressives on HN were more about being open and free, rather than closed. If I say something that anyone here even remotely disagrees with, I am down voted. This is why people like me will stop coming here and eventually leave the HN community completely.
paulhauggis 12y ago
his was my opinion..and I was silenced as a result of it. I wish the progressives on HN were more about being open and free, rather than closed. If I say something that anyone here even remotely disagrees with, I am down voted. This is why people like me will stop coming here and eventually leave the HN community completely.
paulhauggis 12y ago
his was my opinion..and I was silenced as a result of it. I wish the progressives on HN were more about being open and free, rather than closed. If I say something that anyone here even remotely disagrees with, I am down voted. This is why people like me will stop coming here and eventually leave the HN community completely.
m0nastic 12y ago
First off, you weren't "silenced". You were down-voted. I don't see what that has to do with "the progressives on HN". I'm guessing you were down-voted because you made a pretty gross and uninformed statement about his mental health. The fact that opinions aren't objective doesn't magically make them all worthy of consideration. HN is basically an online dinner party. If someone makes ugly statements in the middle of a conversation, the rest of the participants aren't obliged to stop and say "now, now, that's something we have to consider." They'd most likely just roll their eyes and move the conversation on to something else. Down-voting is basically the digital equivalent of the conversation participants rolling their eyes and trying to continue on with the conversation.

tptacek 12y ago

Ok then.

paulhauggis 12y ago

his was my opinion..and I was silenced as a result of it. I wish the progressives on HN were more about being open and free, rather than closed. If I say something that anyone here even remotely disagrees with, I am down voted. This is why people like me will stop coming here and eventually leave the HN community completely. I will keep posting this until I get my point across.

industriousthou 12y ago
Is this the part where you're being silenced?
AngrySkillzz 12y ago
Don't leave eventually, leave now. Thanks. HN already has enough idiots who don't understand mental health.
- dang 12y ago
  Personal attacks are not allowed on Hacker News.

paulhauggis 12y ago

m0nastic 12y ago

First off, you weren't "silenced". You were down-voted. I don't see what that has to do with "the progressives on HN". I'm guessing you were down-voted because you made a pretty gross and uninformed statement about his mental health. The fact that opinions aren't objective doesn't magically make them all worthy of consideration. HN is basically an online dinner party. If someone makes ugly statements in the middle of a conversation, the rest of the participants aren't obliged to stop and say "now, now, that's something we have to consider." They'd most likely just roll their eyes and move the conversation on to something else. Down-voting is basically the digital equivalent of the conversation participants rolling their eyes and trying to continue on with the conversation.