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by loeg 3690 days ago
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And yet, he is a white male. It's a mindset problem where you project your experiences on everyone else.

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Please don't invoke someone's personal details here to make a point in an argument. That's a significant breach of HN's rules, and this argument is already nasty.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11715005 and marked it off-topic.

Sorry. searine is really missing the point, though.
>And yet, he is a white male. It's a mindset problem where you project your experiences on everyone else.

Invalidating someones argument/opinion based on race/sex, is racist/sexist.

Your argument also assumes "bad faith" based on race/sex, which is also racist/sexist.

No, you misunderstand my statement. I'm not arguing anything. You're missing the point. E.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11715126 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11716004 .