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by poundofshrimp 854 days ago
Neither of the links works
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pastacacioepepe 854 days ago
The article link was cut somehow, here it is: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/01/we-need-h...

The picture link expired, here's a new one: https://ibb.co/mTNsF7n

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verteu 854 days ago
The link was abbreviated when you copy-pasted your previous downvoted comment verbatim.
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pastacacioepepe 854 days ago
Oh that makes sense, I always repost flagged comments since flagging is abused so often that it has become a joke.

No actual moderator has ever complained of it with me, so that means it's just groups of highly biased users who can't stand what I have to say.

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verteu 852 days ago
I was not referring to the flag, but the downvotes, which indicate that a majority of users feel your comment does not add to the discussion.
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pastacacioepepe 851 days ago
> downvotes, which indicate that a majority of users feel your comment does not add to the discussion.

I've been on HN for far less than you have but I still have more karma than you do, it means your contributions add less to the discussion than mine do, somehow.

Anyway I reposted it because it got flagged. It just had 2 downvotes, that's pretty normal and I'm used to my opinion not being popular here. After all there's lots of privileged americans and westerners in HN userbase.

But maybe you'd prefer to hear only one side?

Perhaps we should have only "discussions" where everyone agrees that the Western liberal point of view is the best and there are no downvotes at all. Oh that would be so enriching and stimulating!

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verteu 849 days ago
> But maybe you'd prefer to hear only one side?

False balance fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_balance

In the case of Navalny, there are mountains of evidence implicating Putin, including audio recording of a Russian agent admitting to a previous poisoning attempt [1].

> After all there's lots of privileged americans and westerners in HN userbase.

Ad hominem fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

> I still have more karma than you do, it means your contributions add less to the discussion than mine do, somehow

Obviously karma per comment is the more relevant metric here. Off-hand, I'd estimate you're in the lowest decile.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_of_Alexei_Navalny#Te...

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