If you continue to break the site guidelines we are going to have to ban you. I had to warn you about this just recently. No more of this, please.
The fact that you had to ban his account pretty much proves my point.
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30580008
Just calling things what they are.
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30577434
There is no attack here, not even the mildest hostility. Pointing out that someone is talking out of their ass isn’t an “attack”.
The rules apply regardless of how badly others are behaving. It always feels like the other person started it and did worse—this perception is hard-wired in all of us, so to use it as a justification guarantees a downward spiral.
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=downward%20spiral%20by:dang&da...
It's not as if every Russian has the luxury to say what they want and not fear extreme retaliation.
Instead of "Russians", think instead "diverse group of humans living under a violent, jealous, unpredictable regime."
Just like victims of domestic abuse struggle to escape their abuser, it's not as easy to say "fuck off" or actually leave as keyboard pundits would have us believe.
If you want some history about making lists, check out the McCarthy Trials.
>It's not as if every Russian has the luxury to say what they want and not fear extreme retaliation.
I suspect that vast majority of people saying things like this haven’t even visited Russia.
I own a home in Moscow, am married to a Russian. Our family has been hit hard by sanctions. I have skin in the game.
Knowing what I know about the actual experience of living in Russia, I don’t believe any of these people are under duress to support this.
I don't have the Russian credentials you do so I'm only able to guess at reasons something so unreasonable can be supported.