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Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by throwaway122619 on Friday January 31, 2020 @12:26PM (#22203505)
Adding to your point, I'm wondering if OP has ever had a religious group show up at their doorstep. It's the same idea; "Our ideas are right, yours are wrong." There are no laws stopping them from doing this, (short of solicitation statutes) and there's certainly no convincing them they are wrong. Just smile politely and ignore them.

Really, it's the same problem just dressed up differently. Now the issue just has these new buzzwords attached to it like "algorithm" and "data privacy" and whatnot. Nothing will change until people learn to leave their pride on their desktop, but that's not the way of some cultures.

Re:Ask HN: How do we stop the polarization/toxicicity fillin... by jessaustin on Friday January 31, 2020 @08:26PM (#22207846)
Good analogy, but one can always banish the proselytizers with a simple "Sorry, we're Catholic!" (One doesn't even actually have to be Catholic to say this!)