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"And unfortunately, no community can completely avoid politics and groupthink at all times. So if you see a large number of people who seem like they will viole
by paulhauggis 11y ago
"And unfortunately, no community can completely avoid politics and groupthink at all times. So if you see a large number of people who seem like they will violently disagree with any but the most tactful of arguments then you can always just let them have their echo chamber and move on."
This was my entire point of posting everything, and the HN community made it quite nicely: real science can't be accomplished because group think and politics are getting in the way.
Silencing political opinions (this has become a political opinion now) is never the answer.
Thanks HN, I just wanted to thank you all for making my point for me, so I didn't really need to.
- guscost 11y agoApart from the rhetorical strategy, the only other suggestion is just to be polite and edit out as much snark as you can do without, like for example that last paragraph. You may find that people here are more welcoming of (tactful) contrarian and minority viewpoints than your average internet place, although they do like a lively argument.