'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israeli arrest, torture

Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by __blockcipher__ on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @05:24PM (#38619551)

As a random bystander I find your comments extremely hard to comprehend. It's not really the vocabulary, although it could do to be less lofty. I think part of it is sentences like this:

> Can you be curious about whether this approach as a moderator on a website frequented by some of the most powerful minds on the planet may be preventing lives from being saved?

This sounds to me, and maybe I'm wrong, like you have some sort of pre-formed opinion about what Dang et al are doing, but are choosing to cast it in the lens of "can you be curious" as a way of avoiding just directly saying what you think.

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Re:'Like we were lesser humans': Gaza boys, men recall Israe... by mistermann on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @02:53PM (#38633301)

> This sounds to me, and maybe I'm wrong, like you have some sort of pre-formed opinion about what Dang et al are doing

I certainly do. And, it is worth noting that while all beliefs are opinions, not all are merely opinion.

Is your read on me better than mine on you? How much experience do you have in the domain?

> but are choosing to cast it in the lens of "can you be curious" as a way of avoiding just directly saying what you think.

My strategy is to use deliberately unusual language in order to break people out of System 1 / LLM / Colloquial mode.

Clearly it is not working, have you any advice for me now that we've at least somewhat, perhaps, broken the 4th wall?

Reminder: thousands have died already, more will (presumably) in the short run, and MANY more in the long run. I appreciate this may not be a pleasant experience, but the stakes are not exactly low.

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