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    7 months ago

    ffs…

    orange site poster finds 2 and 2, struggles to come to terms with the fact that they add to 4:

    Every time race comes up on HackerNews i am shocked at how horrifyingly racist (some) users of this site are. Not only did a user somehow think that this context would exonerate this very racist man, both you and I are getting immediately downvoted for disagreeing. There was a post last week or so that was so full of racist comments it just got taken down. I wonder what on earth brings together HackerNews and racism like this.

    I wonder mate…

    A shining HN knight hoists themself onto their (very) high horse to respond:

    You know, topics like this are not always black and white. There is a full-range, nuance and discussion.

    I’d also wager that the downvotes here are because this flame-bait kind of comments are not appropriate for HN, or if they are appropriate then some might not think it’s contributing to the discussion anyways.

    Me, I think the refusal by some to admit (or accept) that the full-context post adds to the discussion and to instead double-down and cry more racism is definitely not constructive.

    I’m honestly getting tired of these “race card” low-blows and one-sided thinking shutting down conversation.