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Discussion on: A rant about discussion culture on the internet

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Raphael Habereder

To a degree I concur.

What happened to me in particular was that someone said "technology is inherently political", which I didn't agree with. The conversation always went the same way, Assumptions stated as widely accepted fact and questions were ignored.

I listed a few random technologies off the top of my head and asked what made them political, since they apparently all are.
Which got flagged.

Back then I learned that claims should be backed up, because they are invalid if they weren't.
This seems to be the default in political topics today, which I find infuriating.

But I definitely see the point you are making and will try to learn from your mindset!

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Dave • Edited

See, I managed to dispute the base premise, you hold a (slightly) different opinion to me, neither of us were offended & no posts has to be redacted by anyone.

That, is how an online community should be, in my opinion.

FWIW, I'm with you re politics in tech - technology expresses no opinions, people using it does.