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brymaster | 10 years ago

Just so you know why Thomas here has singled you out, specifically regarding video games:

I find that if you search ones 'timeline' for hash tags and other buzzwords you get a good sense for their stances on subjects.

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dang|10 years ago

Bringing in a dossier on someone as extra ammunition in an argument? Over the line and not cool.

brymaster|10 years ago

I disagree and I wouldn't call it a dossier. If someone takes a stance on a certain issue it is helpful to know why.

Edit: ...and I could have just the same pointed out to past comments on HN.

tptacek|10 years ago

This is a weird comment. I didn't assume the parent commenter was a GamerGate person. It is possible to dislike Sarkeesian and not be a GamerGater.

I "singled him out" because his was the first comment about this subject, and, at the time, the top comment on the thread.

brymaster|10 years ago

Not a weird comment and you know why. I pointed to your comments about "GamerGate" because you singled him out with:

> The best "radical" quotes you have from this person are criticisms of video games?

"Video games" being the focus there.

exstudent2|10 years ago

Interesting. It's funny that the comment where I mention Gamergate is sitting at -2 but all of my comments that address the points of the movement are ~+6.

I wish people would look into it for themselves instead of just hearing out one side/the media. That's really what my argument is about. When you silence one side of an argument, uninvolved people are apt to believe the unchallenged narrative.

dang|10 years ago

The problem is that taking the thread in that direction is guaranteed to make the discussion useless, regardless of what opinion one starts with. A small number of people get furious with each other and everyone else rolls their eyes.

We don't need another eye-roller for the nth dozenth time.

brymaster|10 years ago

If you post here long enough, you'll find that when certain topics arise there are a group of three-letter acronyms prevalent in tech that make rational discussion of said topics nearly impossible.