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I appreciate that you're sharing your perspective here, but we see this about 180 degrees differently. This, for instance - > When you wrote that piece you were just being silly. After truly grokking why it was a stupid piece Actually, I stand by every point I wrote in that piece and the followup - the problem was in involving another person without clearing it with them, which was out of line. But all the points sta…
Really smart people are capable of admitting they are wrong and acting upon it. If you already realize you were out of line then why can't you act on it? Is being the third hit for 'Patrick McKenzie' in google worth the continued damage to your reputation? The only controversial bit in your posting was the fact that you used a well known HN'er with an extremely good reputation and a nice guy to boot and attempted to…
I did.
> That blight will soil your reputation forever more
Okay dude, now you're being silly. This is why people can't have reasonable discussions on the internet - I take a moment to respectfully acknowledge your points, think through them, and explain why I disagree, and you keep melodramatic ranting.
You don't like how I handled it? Okay, noted. But this is why people just ignore criticism - I respond with my thinking to you in good faith, and you keep ranting about "dumb" "blight will soil your reputation forever more", "Cheap, cynical", "dumb" - and you're attributing malicious intent where it isn't there.
Before you reply, stop and reflect - I've addressed all of your points and then some, and I disagree with you, but I've tried to be reasonable and respectful. If you want to insult people that do that, you won't get anyone responding to your discussions any more. Indeed, that's what happens on most internet forums eventually - people who do things publicly just stop responding to anonymous critics, because they don't tend to lead to reasonable discussions.