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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by alva on Monday January 09, 2017 @07:00PM (#13361198)
What has any of that got to due with the poster not meeting the expected level of discourse? Just because you are personally upset it does not mean that histrionic and aggressive posting is suitable.
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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by Doctor_Fegg on Monday January 09, 2017 @07:07PM (#13361256)
Is it suitable? Maybe not. Is it understandable? Yes, I think so. I believe it is kinder and fairer to understand commenters' motivation rather than holding them to cold rationalism at all times. (After all, understanding emotions rather than just rational self-interest is how we can move forward from Brexit and Trump.)
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Re:Branching histories of the 2016 UK referendum and ‘the fr... by allenbrunson on Monday January 09, 2017 @09:32PM (#13362053)
so in your world, anyone who is genuinely aggrieved or genuinely angry gets a free pass to violate this site's civility rules. in that world, hacker news would have long since burned to the ground.
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