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This whole divisive rhetoric thing is exactly what we don't want on HN, so please don't post such stuff here, and especially not with bonus race trolling.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12149564 and marked it off-topic.


> leave the old white men in the valley

Should I apologize for being old and white?


Depends, have you actively spent your time trying to dismantle the patriarchy? If yes, no, if no, absolutely.


Depends, have you spent some of that long life fighting for those who don't have your privileges? (Assuming you haven't been unable due to intersecting factors like mental illness or poverty?)

Noam Chomsky's an old white man. Doesn't thrill him to spend half his time helping the human race end its wars and self-destruction, but he takes the responsibility.

(Even if you did apologize, what difference would it make?)


For a long time, you've been using HN primarily for political purposes. That's not a legitimate use of this site, and we've already asked you to stop doing it.

In addition, many of your comments (like this one) straddle if not cross the line into personal disrespect. That's also an abuse of this site, so please stop doing that too.




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