Comment by concordDance
1 year ago
Honestly dang, I'm seeing mostly not thoughtful substantive commentary here, just ideological battling.
Which is a shame because this is certainly a topic it's possible to do that on (e.g. this comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43105417 ).
Are the good comments really worth the large amount of heat?
I'm seeing a lot of helpful discussion, and I'm learning a lot. It's been easy for me to skip over the hyperbole.
When I made that post this was in the main branch (e.g. starting at top comment and going down you hit this before any leaf): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43103830
But every thing stated in the comment you linked is provably true. It's certainly concerning, but I can't see a single statement they made with a dubious basis in truth.
Are there any parts that you think violate the guidelines specifically?
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In this case I think the answer is probably yes, it's worth it. This thread turned out to be better than the median for political threads these days, which of course is a low bar. (I agree with you that https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so....