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Are we sure the civil war isn’t being caused by sychophants like PG himself cozying up to the alt-right while maintaining considerable power over online discour

Are we sure the civil war isn’t being caused by sychophants like PG himself cozying up to the alt-right while maintaining considerable power over online discourse? Maybe these are the """hard questions"""[0] that need to be asked, as opposed to calling for a return to the Jim Crow era. You could easily "turn off" Twitter. [0] http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html

kgraves 6y ago
> ...PG himself cozying up to the alt-right? Do you have evidence for this statement?
- FilterSweep 6y ago
  Here: http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html And here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18426853 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18426853 And here: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2474708/does-this-mega-vc-sound-racist-.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2474708/does-this-mega... Perhaps if the queen of Hacker News chose to be clear about his beliefs his minions wouldn’t need to scurry to claim "he doesn’t actually believe this"
  - aliante 6y ago
    This makes as much sense as claiming that I am cozy to Hitler for favoring government healthcare.
    - FilterSweep 6y ago
      ironically, that makes a ton of sense. it’s also why I would no longer recommend minorities to seek funding from YC.
      - 0x00000000 6y ago
        Sometimes you just need to take a step back and realize how inane and unhinged you sound.
  - reversii 6y ago
    It's unfortunate you're getting censored for criticizing Dear Leader. Yet another reminder of just how creepy the cult of personality HN has around Paul Graham is. Even on an article discussing him, you can't say anything critical without being downvoted and flagged.
    - clairity 6y ago
      you certainly can criticize pg's arguments and not get downvoted (i've done it in the past), but any ad hominems will, and should, quickly be downvoted. if you think you have some real knowledge to drop, make a considered criticism instead of a snide remark.
      - deleted 6y ago
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    - FilterSweep 6y ago
      I’ve been here for quite a while, and I’ve learned more from this community (which included developers across the planet) than I’ve learned from any other community online. I’ve known PG’s biases and dogwhistles for a while ("What you can’t say" is a FOGHORN of a dogwhistle), but the political landscape has changed. When PG is expressing open regret for opening this forum, despite dang doing most of the work, he’s signaling that the discussion of this forum isn’t going in the direction he wants. This has been the most civil forum on the surface web for a long time. And that says a lot.
  - jameslk 6y ago
    What exactly is "alt-right" about http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html? And in your second link, PG is talked about briefly in the comments halfway down... I'm still not making the connection here

kgraves 6y ago

> ...PG himself cozying up to the alt-right? Do you have evidence for this statement?

FilterSweep 6y ago
Here: http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html And here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18426853 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18426853 And here: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2474708/does-this-mega-vc-sound-racist-.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2474708/does-this-mega... Perhaps if the queen of Hacker News chose to be clear about his beliefs his minions wouldn’t need to scurry to claim "he doesn’t actually believe this"
- aliante 6y ago
  This makes as much sense as claiming that I am cozy to Hitler for favoring government healthcare.
  - FilterSweep 6y ago
    ironically, that makes a ton of sense. it’s also why I would no longer recommend minorities to seek funding from YC.
    - 0x00000000 6y ago
      Sometimes you just need to take a step back and realize how inane and unhinged you sound.
- reversii 6y ago
  It's unfortunate you're getting censored for criticizing Dear Leader. Yet another reminder of just how creepy the cult of personality HN has around Paul Graham is. Even on an article discussing him, you can't say anything critical without being downvoted and flagged.
  - clairity 6y ago
    you certainly can criticize pg's arguments and not get downvoted (i've done it in the past), but any ad hominems will, and should, quickly be downvoted. if you think you have some real knowledge to drop, make a considered criticism instead of a snide remark.
    - deleted 6y ago
      [deleted]
  - FilterSweep 6y ago
    I’ve been here for quite a while, and I’ve learned more from this community (which included developers across the planet) than I’ve learned from any other community online. I’ve known PG’s biases and dogwhistles for a while ("What you can’t say" is a FOGHORN of a dogwhistle), but the political landscape has changed. When PG is expressing open regret for opening this forum, despite dang doing most of the work, he’s signaling that the discussion of this forum isn’t going in the direction he wants. This has been the most civil forum on the surface web for a long time. And that says a lot.
- jameslk 6y ago
  What exactly is "alt-right" about http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html? And in your second link, PG is talked about briefly in the comments halfway down... I'm still not making the connection here