LOL just got kicked out of @ycombinator

Post by pmiller2 » Sun, Jun 06, 2021, 8:41 PM UTC

shkkmo wrote: post #499

pmiller2 wrote: post #452

Guess what? It can happen to you, too, if you dare criticize a celebrity CEO. I got flagged & chastised for “breaking the guidelines” over a comment that stated facts about a certain CEO whose initials are TK. Remember when y’all kept saying there’s no free speech on Facebook or Twitter? Well, it’s worse here, because if you don’t toe that line and bend the knee, you might get your user privileges limited. Edit: here…

It wasn't what you said, but how you said it: > I would like you to email me your contact information so that I never end up working anywhere near you. My email is in my profile. I agreeing with the point you are making in that comment. However, I would happily flag any comment that makes disagreements unnecessarily personal in such a manner. It is the type of non-productive discourse that drags the whole conversatio…

Post by dang » Tue, Jun 08, 2021, 4:21 AM UTC

neonological wrote: post #613

NicoJuicy wrote: post #555

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> Those are called examples. No. It's whataboutism.

No. Absolutely not. Those are examples. Go read it again. Or go learn english properly as it seems to not be your first language. Look nico, where do you live? [redacted]? I happen to live there to. Why don't we chat over the phone. Did I get your phone number right? [redacted]. Or how about we continue to chat where you live. I'll drop you a visit and we can hash out our arguments there. [redacted] is the city you l…

Post by CRConrad » Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 12:51 PM UTC

lawnchair_larry wrote: post #624

Devon64327 wrote: post #563

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They didn't set up a clinic and stick a "Colored folks only" sign out front. At the county or state level, they looked at the data and identified that Black and Latino populations were not being vaccinated at the same rate as white populations, and also recognized that the pandemic has disproportionately affected those same populations. So they committed resources to establish more clinics in areas with high concentr…

There is no reason whatsoever to even consider race. The justification is often that it’s a proxy for income, but that doesn’t make it any more logical. You can just evaluate it by income, profession, whatever, directly. By accusing white people of doing this, you’re still being completely racist. Say “wealthy people from other zip codes” if you want, but we got rid of segregation for a good reason.

Post by CRConrad » Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 1:15 PM UTC

Siira wrote: post #582

mbgerring wrote: post #274

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So just so everyone has the full context: Oakland opened up its vaccination sites to more people on a shorter timeline than the rest of the state, in certain ZIP codes with disproportionately poor residents, in order to get vaccines to those disproportionately poor residents. I know this because this is how several of my friends who live in West Oakland got vaccinated ahead of the eligibility opening up in the rest o…

> to take advantage of a program that was not meant for them What’s wrong with this? Our whole society operates like this, but it’s suddenly wrong for some small fries to “take advantage of the law” ?” Write your laws correctly, and don’t blame people for looking out for themselves using completely legal means.

Post by CRConrad » Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 1:26 PM UTC

dasickis wrote: post #545

mbgerring wrote: post #512

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From what other people who saw your original post have said, it sounds like you got significant pushback at the time, and that you knew that you were skirting the eligibility criteria as you understood it. As I’m sure you are aware, the brunt of COVID infections and deaths in the Bay Area were borne mostly by our Black and Latinx neighbors, especially those who continued to work during the pandemic, serving those of…

read the papers I linked and you'll realize that these sites have challenges with getting people vaccinated due to lack of trust in government and healthcare in general it's been 3 months since that clinic and many people here are still hesitant to get vaccinated these issues remain because few people understand how deep distrust runs especially in Oakland where people have seen the massive destruction caused by gove…