News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Ask HN: How to escape extremist discourse?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: How to escape extremist discourse? by throwme122 on Sunday May 07, 2017 @11:39PM (#14289082)
That was a bad example. Discussing immigration is not my point.

Have you ever been in a discussion where someone is clearly the outlier and it's accepted beyond reasonable doubt that his ideas are extreme?

Another example, imagine you're discussing religion acceptance and a extremist say whoever doesn't follow his religion should die since their are infidels. How do you avoid that completely stupid idea from dominating everything?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: How to escape extremist discourse? by DrScump on Monday May 08, 2017 @03:54AM (#14289946)
Outliers are always wrong, and groupthink is always right?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: How to escape extremist discourse? by throwme122 on Monday May 08, 2017 @05:16AM (#14290226)
I wasn't expecting this thread to be a troll magnet but now it seems obvious.

Perhaps I shouldn't have given any examples, as it seems I have only drawn the attention of those who care about the examples and not my underlying point.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Ask HN: How to escape extremist discourse? by Rottweiler on Monday May 08, 2017 @08:08AM (#14290865)
You're about fourteen years old, am I right?
[ Parent | on HN ]