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by VLM 2818 days ago
Is the best way to fight ignorance, virulent personal attacks? Does that constructively influence people?
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I was attacking the contents of the comment, not the person. As for ignorance, I usually give the benefit of the doubt, but I've seen enough of those types of comments regarding GDPR that I'm cynical. They're almost always from non-EU business owners annoyed at having to suddenly comply to EU laws, or business owners in general annoyed at having to care about privacy (where they didn't before).

Uninformed consumers who think GDPR is a cookie law also exist, but they're not HN's usual audience.

Edit: A quick stroll through scoom's comments reveals an nauseatingly unsurprising picture. I'm so very shocked.