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I believe that knowing about a topic is not a pre-requisite to gratify one's intellectual curiosity on this subject on HN.

Indeed, I would suggest that we encourage curiosity in others when we see it.

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Sure, but I would suggest that we also encourage reading the linked articles before commenting. In this case, there is nothing in the CNN article that suggests the decline in literary magazines has a connection to "literary critique and interpretation in many Universities becoming more radical." It's awfully hard not to see this as the commenter just taking this as a stalking horse to bring up an opinion they already held.

> It's awfully hard not to see this as the commenter just taking this as a stalking horse to bring up an opinion they already held.

Isn't this what happens on every HN thread, people expressing opinions relevant to the topic? Or is it only forbidden when criticizing descendants of the Frankfurt School?

I originally wrote a snarkier response to this in response to your snark, but I'm to just gently note that my contention was that the opinion was not relevant to the topic, and it seems to me you're demonstrating exactly what I was complaining about: you didn't actually respond to what I said, you just said, "Ooh, here's an opportunity to snark about something I consider snark-worthy." So, uh, go you.

I think that issue is the claim not being relevant to topic in article, while pretending so to push for specific ideology.

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