Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional Rights

Re:Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional R... by celticmusic on Thursday September 05, 2019 @10:07AM (#20886772)

this here is why I don't consider HN a very good place for actual discourse. What you get is a lot of overly polite people afraid of getting on the bad side of dang.

If you don't drop it he'll start to harass you, to goad you into stepping over a line that he can then use as an excuse to up the ante, as it were.

It's best to just move on and realize you can't actually speak like a normal human being on these boards.

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Re:Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional R... by codezero on Thursday September 05, 2019 @10:23AM (#20886926)

I’ve been uncivil on HN from time to time and have never felt harassed by dang. If you’re being followed around, I suspect it’s because of a repeated and consistent pattern of unproductive soap boxing.

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Re:Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional R... by celticmusic on Friday September 06, 2019 @01:35PM (#20897744)

I watched it happen to someone else, and it started because we were having a back and forth discussion and dang stepped in to berate the other person. I ended up defending the other person as I didn't consider anything they said to be problematic.

OTOH, I value actual discourse over politeness. But dang decided that person didn't need to be on HN.

But thank you for the assumptions, I appreciate them.

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Re:Judge Rules Terrorism Watchlist Violates Constitutional R... by codezero on Friday September 06, 2019 @08:47PM (#20901085)

Since you appreciate my assumptions, then I assume what I said applied to who you were interacting with.

It’s very hard on an online forum to know if two people engaging in a debate have a shared intention in their communication. I trust dang to have a holistic view of good and bad behavior on HN.

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