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Re:Notes on Tajikistan by dang on Friday June 21, 2024 @03:16AM (#40747009)
I understand how and why such feelings come up—it makes a lot of sense given the cultural context and the history. But I'd ask you to pause and consider taking 'yes' for an answer, i.e. to consider that we might genuinely intend to treat all sides, including yours, fairly and equally. I've been telling HN users that they can't attack Islam (same as any other religion) for as long as I've been a moderator here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10590568 (Nov 2015)

It's easy to run into a few (maybe only one or two) datapoints and jump to "these assholes are just like all the others". That's how sample bias (and whatever bias this is: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...) work. But if you do that—and most people definitely do—you'll miss many cases where someone is on your side and has good will towards you. That's not in your interest—it just leads to more of the same. How about let's for something else.

Re:Notes on Tajikistan by gromneer on Friday June 21, 2024 @04:13AM (#40747298)
generally i trust the moderators on this forum and i have witnessed instances where they act fairly. i am apt to believe you are acting in good faith, but you must acknowledge that the praise "islam being kept in check" is inflammatory. which in this context is barely even anodyne language for "muslims kept in check". i didn't start this.