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Re: Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online

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Post by bradwood »

Hizonner wrote: post #60
nickthegreek wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most incest happening in the world is not done between consenting adults. It is done through rape of children. Leaving that out may be construed as a way to shift of the overton window on incest.

You can, of course, point to reliable statistics on that, collected and analyzed using defensible methods. Right? I suspect that you are wrong, and that most incest happens between same-age adolescent or young adult siblings (and even more between cousins if you count cousins). But I don't have any actual data to back that up either, and would be amazed if any worthwhile data even exist.

You don't need data. A dictionary will cover it.

Re: Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online

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Post by ffffrf »

ClassyJacket wrote: post #35

It's not on the same topics you mentioned, but I feel the same - I don't agree with gender ideology but can't speak about it anywhere online. I definitely get how you feel about becoming a 'bad guy' if you say anything at all that falls out of line witht the (particularly leftist) hiveminds. One 'wrong' move and you're done. I feel like there need to be somewhere online that is free speech oriented but not as uncontr…

You might enjoy the ChangeMyView subreddit (https://old.reddit.com/r/ChangeMyView), they have a post relating to gender ideology pretty much every day, it's probably the most popular topic.

Here's the most recent if you want a taster: https://old.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/103dm24/cmv_g...

If you decide to use a throwaway account to avoid being sitebanned on main, I'd recommend commenting something that will get you upvoted to +20 or so first before writing your gender critical opinions, as otherwise you may hit the negative karma threshold for shadowbanning, as those who disagree downvote you.

Also, the OP will probably be interested to know that incest is also a fairly common topic of conversation there.

Re: Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online

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Post by ashwagary »

peruvian wrote: post #86
theelous3 wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no way this is a good faith question. As someone delivering their opinion on the internet - surely you can explain why someone would like to deliver their opinion on the internet.

I wasted a decade+ on my life arguing online all day. I see what coldpie says. It is legitimately a pointless waste of time. Obviously I am still on HN so I still do it, but I definitely feel it's futile and it's a guilty pleasure. But even here, I've lurked or posted for many years too and I can't recall anyone changing their opinion on anything.

I dont think mental jousting is completely devoid of value depending on the topic. The benefits are just difficult to measure.

Even if you haven't changed opinions, you may have helped take down strawmen or aid others in steelmaning.

Re: Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online

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Post by vehemenz »

kodyo wrote: post #66
vehemenz wrote: post #30

Reddit has "normified" over the years, like most of the Internet. Would the average person on the street have anything to say about the morality of incest? Of course not, and we don't expect them to. You will have to go to specific or niche subreddits to find interesting conversations.

Really? I would very much expect that most people would have a strong negative opinion about the morality of incest.

* anything interesting

Re: Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online

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Post by holden_nelson »

nickthegreek wrote: post #63
Hizonner wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can, of course, point to reliable statistics on that, collected and analyzed using defensible methods. Right? I suspect that you are wrong, and that most incest happens between same-age adolescent or young adult siblings (and even more between cousins if you count cousins). But I don't have any actual data to back that up either, and would be amazed if any worthwhile data even exist.

https://www.rainn.org/statistics/children-and-teens 34% of reported sexual assault on children take place by family members.

“A large proportion of pedophilic relationships is incestual” is not the same as “a large proportion of incestual relationships is pedophilic”

Re: Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online

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Post by lamontcg »

dennis_jeeves1 wrote: post #100

Looks like you are a very young fellow. Anyway here are my suggestions: 1) Never ever talk about taboo subjects in situations where you have a lot to lose: for example jobs. 2) It is still worth broaching (very, very carefully) some minor taboo subjects just to separate the wheat from the chaff. The chaff being people who have the majority view. The people who have minority/contrarian view often have different and be…

> Democracy/consensus is generally tyranny of the masses: not what is right.

Yep, serial killers and such are cool, it is just blind statism led by all the sheeple that they're going to be locking up that Idaho murder guy. I am very contrarian and counterintuitive.

Re: Tell HN: I'm scared of sharing my opinion online

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Post by xboxnolifes »

nickthegreek wrote: post #63
Hizonner wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can, of course, point to reliable statistics on that, collected and analyzed using defensible methods. Right? I suspect that you are wrong, and that most incest happens between same-age adolescent or young adult siblings (and even more between cousins if you count cousins). But I don't have any actual data to back that up either, and would be amazed if any worthwhile data even exist.

https://www.rainn.org/statistics/children-and-teens 34% of reported sexual assault on children take place by family members.

This proves much of sexual assault is incest, not that much of incest is sexual assault.
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