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Just saw this got momentarily flagged into oblivion. The dark forces seem to be gathering. I applaud this effort by leaders in our community to stand up and not just let this awful bigotry slide by.
I know what "hate" means. I know what bigotry is, and I know what racism means. Don't you?
Just saw this got momentarily flagged into oblivion. The dark forces seem to be gathering. I applaud this effort by leaders in our community to stand up and not just let this awful bigotry slide by.
As a non-American with less to lose, while I think the latest move by Trump is contemptible and stupid, a lot of the response to it seem counter-productive. People here (edit: on HN) and elsewhere are doubling down on hatred, both of Trump supporters and of Muslims, without any kind of thought for convincing the other side's decision-makers or wooing independents. That's a dangerous thing to do, especially when you've just lost an election.
I know what "hate" means. I know what bigotry is, and I know what racism means. Don't you?
I know what those words mean too. That's why I voted for Trump in San Francisco.
I know what "hate" means. I know what bigotry is, and I know what racism means. Don't you?
Simply calling someone "hateful" is an emotional argument at this point, and hurting discourse.
Just saw this got momentarily flagged into oblivion. The dark forces seem to be gathering. I applaud this effort by leaders in our community to stand up and not just let this awful bigotry slide by.
I vouched it and it went back onto the front page, but it got promptly flagged away again. :-(
Where's the next good place to be after HN gets gaslighted to not knowing the meaning of words?
I know what "hate" means. I know what bigotry is, and I know what racism means. Don't you?
This works similarly to paradigms in science. Most of the time people don't actually define paradigms; it's implicit in the general experience of being a researcher. People similarly have a commonsense understanding of what hate, bigotry, and racism are. This works fine when everyone agrees, but once a field reaches a crisis, once you have a political climate so violently polarized, it stops working to appeal to peop…
Just saw this got momentarily flagged into oblivion. The dark forces seem to be gathering. I applaud this effort by leaders in our community to stand up and not just let this awful bigotry slide by.
I know what "hate" means. I know what bigotry is, and I know what racism means. Don't you?
This works similarly to paradigms in science. Most of the time people don't actually define paradigms; it's implicit in the general experience of being a researcher. People similarly have a commonsense understanding of what hate, bigotry, and racism are. This works fine when everyone agrees, but once a field reaches a crisis, once you have a political climate so violently polarized, it stops working to appeal to peop…