> ...his brain literally cannot differentiate between identical and similar...
You're way out of civil and substantive territory with things like this. Please resist the temptation.
You're way out of civil and substantive territory with things like this. Please resist the temptation.
Serious question. Would you deny that there has been a noticeable decline in objectivity of commentary in the last year? I can agree singling one person out could be considered harsh, but make an honest effort to ignore the perceived "rudeness", is the failure of basic logic not a little striking here? If the topic wasn't controversial, do you think a similar situation would arise?
I take what you say seriously, and kindly ask for the same consideration in return.
> Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.
And his brain isn't malfunctioning, it's just behaving the way the human brain works, the vast majority of people on HN are quite broadly knowledgeable, I highly doubt you're that ignorant of human psychology, more likely you don't care for my opinion.
Besides, read my edit above - whether it was accidental or deliberate, the person was being incredibly intellectually dishonest. It wasn't too long ago that that counted for something on this website. I suppose it still does, but what's new is that it is trumped by political correctness.
If you're going to bother with a reply, how about you address my "intellectually dishonest" charge?
Demonstrate how I am incorrect.
I would imagine your instinctual reaction is to disagree, I'm sure mine would be as well, but then ask yourself this: is it possible I have a point? We know this phenomenon is happening on other forums, are HN'ers really all that special, are we immune to the shortcomings the rest of humanity suffers from?
It's against the rules regardless of your politics or theirs.
It's not lost on me that I am involved in these types of discussions more than average, but it seems that this will naturally occur to anyone who is in a substantial minority - after all, would we expect people to be highly motivated to reply to a comment with which they agree?
I don't involve myself in these discussions entirely because I enjoy it, I also do it because it's important. Disagreement and debate is important to a healthy democracy, and there is a decreasing amount of genuine honest debate in the world.
Also not that as usual, someone coincidentally came across my posts on an at least 2 day old thread and delivered my obligatory downvotes. No problem though I suppose.