Downvotes are because you aren't taking the author at face value because it appears you have an agenda.
> Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.
> Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.
I never claimed to be a mod.
I'm not talking about ideology or political theory. I'm talking about "If a specific person's life is in the toilet due to social crap they have no power to fix, it gets pretty fucking depressing. And often it's vastly more socially acceptable to say I'm depressed than to say I'm oppressed and being denied opportunity for BS reasons"
If you aren't the mod, quoting guidelines at me like I'm behaving badly when I'm not is a PC form of ad hominem. Ad hominems are also against the guidelines, FYI.
I know the guidelines. I've been a member for more than a decade.