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In light of the top post by "dang", I'd like to apologize for my own comments. Forgive me brothers and sisters, I was obviously on edge. In particular I'd like
by amradio1989 1y ago
In light of the top post by "dang", I'd like to apologize for my own comments. Forgive me brothers and sisters, I was obviously on edge.
In particular I'd like to apologize to one individual whom I insinuated was posting rage-bait.
To close, this is a tragic time in America. Each act of violence is one act too many.
- davesque 1y agoI'm glad to see people following their instinct to de-escalate. Kudos.
- Loughla 1y agoGood on you for owning that.
- Simulacra 1y ago[flagged]
- jjani 1y ago[flagged]
- asalahli 1y agoI don't think dang was a moderator at that time
- plumb_bob_00 1y agoYou are correct. > Meet the People Taking over Hacker News > by Paul Graham 3/29/2014 > ... > Finally, I’m delighted to announce that Daniel Gackle (pronounced Gackley), who has already been doing most of the moderation for the last 18 months, is going to join YC full-time to be in charge of the HN community. https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/meet-the-people-taking-over-hacker-news https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/meet-the-people-taking-over... Bin Laden was assassinated in 2011.
- eitland 1y ago[flagged]
- PartiallyTyped 1y ago[flagged]
- raxxorraxor 1y agoHe was good enough that someone decided he needed to be shot.
- peterashford 1y ago[flagged]
- PartiallyTyped 1y agoAffirming the consequent. I can see why some believe he is “good”.
- bigyabai 1y agoThey were both controversial religious nationalists, it is somewhat prudent politically-speaking.
- theshrike79 1y agoHe wasn't "good at debates", he was Gish Galloping[0] so fast people couldn't keep up [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop
- jjani 1y ago[flagged]
- eitland 1y ago[flagged]
- collingreen 1y agoDo you think it should have been said then or do you think it shouldn't be said now? Do you think it matters that Charlie kirk did a lot of mean talking and bin ladin directed a lot of violence? For my bit, I really appreciated dang's top post. I don't agree that there are no differences between a terrorist leader and a right wing troll, but I do think that anger makes us collectively less and we could all benefit from an extra moment before scribbling an idea onto the internet.
- jjani 1y agoThe philosophy espoused by the stickied comment is based on the idea that it doesn't matter what the deeds of the person in question were; it's about the concept. Whether that philosophy is one I'd personally agree with, I'm not sure. But it's certainly one that doesn't match the idea of applying it to one but not the other - that's an entirely different philosophy. Which one is more valid is something we could discuss for many hours, and I'm sure we'd still end up with many, many different views.
- raxxorraxor 1y agoI don't know the victim, but I believe there is a huge difference. Bin Laden did engage in war against the US. Even then celebrations of death might not be fitting, but perhaps the excuse here is still on another level.
- camillomiller 1y ago[flagged]
- mordnis 1y agoWell, of course not. We agree that some types of violence are okay, like police or military using violence for police and military things. I'm sure he wouldn't have posted that if people were cheering that a serial rapist has been shot by the police.
- nativespecies 1y ago[flagged]