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ajkjk • yesterday at 11:00 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Yes there is. That's the point of the comment. They made their points seriously and people should engage with them seriously. Instead of this reductive tribalism: "oo you expressed doubt about whether this is really bad, you must be One Of Them". Well they actually doubt it. Now what? Does trying to shame them out of doubting it change their mind? Of course not. Either someone engages with their questions and convinces them to agree or they stay on the fence. Trying to shame people out of discussion by pointing out how they're acting like the Wrong People is anti-intellectual and disrespectful and ignorant. Not to mention completely ineffective.


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kelnos • yesterday at 11:43 PM

Fair point; you're absolutely right.

However, I did follow up with a direct reply before making the comment you're replying to, so... I literally did "engage with their questions".

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