Hacker News Reader

Completely agree. If you're motivated enough about a topic to post about it online, you're probably emotional about it and unable to see it in a clear-headed manner.

The people I know who have the most reasonable political opinions never post about it online. The people who have developed unhealthy and biased obsessions are the ones who post constantly.

View on HN

Heh... do you realize that your comment undermines itself?

> If you're motivated enough about a topic to post about it online, you're probably emotional about it and unable to see it in a clear-headed manner.

> The people I know who have the most reasonable political opinions never post about it online.

And here you are posting your opinions online! How fascinating. I hope you recognize the extreme irony in the fact that you were motivated enough about this topic to post about it.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com