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We still have witch hunts both figuratively and literally - we assign blame to innocent parties and jail or unelect them. And awareness is irrelevant. When I l

We still have witch hunts both figuratively and literally - we assign blame to innocent parties and jail or unelect them. And awareness is irrelevant. When I listened to the golden age of punk rock (IMHO) I didn't need to be aware of it: its self awareness changes nothing And there was no "field" of witch hunting: but even if it is conceded to be so, what's wrong with a good witch burning and hanging now then? Now we "cancel" or censor (or on HN down vote 'trolls') which is no different. Intolerance and demonizing just takes different forms in different ages.

andsoitis 1y ago
> a good witch burning and hanging now then? Now we "cancel" or censor (or on HN down vote 'trolls') which is no different. Literal physical violence and death is VERY different to getting canceled or censored.
- CaffeineLD50 1y ago
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  - tomhow 1y ago
    > But yes, Mr. Obvious, they are literally different. Touché. You've been asked before to avoid commenting in the flamewar style on Hacker News. If you keep doing it we'll have to ban the account. Please make an effort to show you intend to use HN the way it's intended.
    - CaffeineLD50 1y ago
      I am unaware of any such warning nor do I know what a flamewar style is. Ban away. I don't need you.
      - tomhow 1y ago
        You were asked after this comment a couple of months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43316311 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43316311 We can do without the defiance, we just need everyone to remember that this is only a good place for discussing anything because enough people make an effort observe the guidelines. Please do you part to make the place better not worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
IAmBroom 1y ago
We still have figurative witch hunts. And always have. The term has nothing to do with magic, magick, nor paganism. We - the Western world, at least - have not had a genuine literal witch hunt in centuries. If you live in Africa, and are speaking locally, you should make that clear. Otherwise, you are outrightly lying to make your point.

andsoitis 1y ago

> a good witch burning and hanging now then? Now we "cancel" or censor (or on HN down vote 'trolls') which is no different. Literal physical violence and death is VERY different to getting canceled or censored.

CaffeineLD50 1y ago
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- tomhow 1y ago
  > But yes, Mr. Obvious, they are literally different. Touché. You've been asked before to avoid commenting in the flamewar style on Hacker News. If you keep doing it we'll have to ban the account. Please make an effort to show you intend to use HN the way it's intended.
  - CaffeineLD50 1y ago
    I am unaware of any such warning nor do I know what a flamewar style is. Ban away. I don't need you.
    - tomhow 1y ago
      You were asked after this comment a couple of months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43316311 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43316311 We can do without the defiance, we just need everyone to remember that this is only a good place for discussing anything because enough people make an effort observe the guidelines. Please do you part to make the place better not worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

IAmBroom 1y ago

We still have figurative witch hunts. And always have. The term has nothing to do with magic, magick, nor paganism. We - the Western world, at least - have not had a genuine literal witch hunt in centuries. If you live in Africa, and are speaking locally, you should make that clear. Otherwise, you are outrightly lying to make your point.