Comment by dang
2 days ago
Please don't post nationalistic flamebait to HN. It leads to nationalistic flamewars, which we definitely don't need here.
2 days ago
Please don't post nationalistic flamebait to HN. It leads to nationalistic flamewars, which we definitely don't need here.
@dang: I don't see any nationalistic flamebait here. Just somewhat argumentative speak.
Maybe it'll help to break that one down:
> An American problem created in the US
Comment already starts off pointing flameward, but ok, it could go either way.
> In almost any other country,
A grand and shallow generalization, consistent with flamebait, but ok, still not dispositive.
> The incessant fads and hysteria
This swerve into pejorative language, given the frame already set, is definitely starting to look like nationalistic flamebait.
> a society that is totally dysfunctional
Ok, now there's no question about it.
Comments like this, which combine denunciatory rhetoric with a very low information/indignation ratio, are definitely not what Hacker News is for. This was not a borderline call!
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Ok, I think you are right.
Culture differences are not nationalistic flamebait.
That is correct, of course, but "incessant fads and hysteria" and "a society that is totally dysfunctional" are hardly curious expositions of cultural difference.
Sharp-and-shallow putdowns of other countries are nationalistic flamebait. If it doesn't seem that way to you, it might help to imagine the same thing being said about a country (or some other group) that you feel strongly about.
yea, only wishing death on Russians is allowed around here. hey maybe we can all use this forum to organize and launch cyber attacks on them too. fn loser
Nothing of the sort is allowed here, regardless of which group is named.
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