[DanBC]

> I think racism is about as far from a relevant issue as you can get. Honestly, the people who get bent out of shape about it are just as backwards as the few people who are still actually racist.

Haven't you just killed your company with this comment? Good Luck with any job interviews your company gives in the future. You appear to have left them open to claims of racist discrimination.

[Spyro7]

At the risk of losing karma, I have to say that I think this entire thread has really gone way too far.

Guys, this is HACKER NEWS. I thought we were supposed to hold ourselves to a higher standard of conversation over here?

Could I just post one thing?

http://www.paulgraham.com/randomness.html

If you disagree with what someone writes, then you should reply simply and without embellishment. To conclude that someone has a "sick mind" or has "killed their company" is a bit much of a conclusion to draw from a simple online debate at a tech/startup discussion site.

If Hacker News offered the ability to lock discussions, then I am quite sure that this one would have been locked.

Can't we all just calm down and get back to coding?

[davidw]

I generally believe very much in giving people the benefit of the doubt, and in not overreacting, and so on. The world benefits greatly from not taking offense at the drop of a hat.

However, there are times when one's blood boils for a reason. I reread this a few hours after my initial comments and... yep, I'm still angered when I read that those who call out someone for being racist are "backwards" and the equivalent of racists.

If someone wants to argue that racism isn't that big a deal these days... fine, whatever, that's debatable, and people deserve to be able to air their opinion without being shouted at. However, to stand up and say that those who denounce racism should shut up is despicable.

[burgerbrain]

The insistence on misrepresenting other peoples comments here is simply stunning.

[davidw]

The guy wrote what he wrote: "people who get bent out of shape about it [racism] are just as backwards as the few people who are still actually racist."

[burgerbrain]

He has posted a clarification of his comment numerous times, but you refuse to acknowledge it.

[k33n]

Just so you know, I really don't care what you think, and I don't need your approval.

Sorry you don't value free speech, or the rules here at HN.

[DanBC]

The post said that people who get bent out of shape about racism are backwards.

Imagine the company not hiring a non-white interviewee, and that person doing thorough research.

That comment is findable in search engines.

k33n has left himself open to accusations of racism, and put his company at risk of lawsuits.

[k33n]

Imagine yourself picking up a law book and actually learning something. You'd delete your comments out of shame.

[k33n]

This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever read in my life. Nope, haven't killed my company with a completely innocent comment made on HN. Sorry to disappoint you.