Re:Google Tag Manager, the new anti-adblock weapon (2020)
by avgcorrection on Monday February 21, 2022 @09:30AM
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A problem? It’s neither here nor there—people spout off all sorts of opinions on HN or any fora. So no—it’s not a problem. It’s just an opinion, not some vigorously well-researched argument.
People can say that the EU is the best thing since sliced bread—also not a problem.
I’m not a fan of the EU but I’m not going to accuse people who like the EU that they are “aiding the technocrats of Brussels” (or some similar over-the-top rhetoric).
Yes. I do take issue with jumping to the “aid populists” conclusion from merely two words. Saying that some off-hand Internet comment is aiding authoritarians—because that’s surely the implication of “the other kind [of governance] that we see all over the world”—is hysterical.
Secondly, you say yourself, that OP does not in any way support their "ineffectual EU" statement, which is according to you not a problem. Not once did you see it as a problem. In fact, you go out of your way to hide away the implied associations in zwaps comment.
But when dxdm points out that it's a populist opinion, then you become the debate police.
Yes, that's hypocritical.