Comment by racional | Hacker News Reader

Comment by racional | Hacker News Reader

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It seems you've been triggered by the mention of the g-word. But when we calmly consider what the commenter is saying:

   Israel is using information age technology to commit and propagandize their genocide

It's plainly not an unreasonable proposition, nor does it seem to be intended to engage in battle or provoke. They're simply describing a perfectly horrible situation that happening on the ground (that some recognized experts in the field do consider to be a form of genocide per the UN definition of such) and the fact that modern information technologies seem to be a part of the mechanism that is bringing it about.

The post expresses an opinion, but it definitely wasn't flamebait.

I wasn't responding to any proposition, but rather to the pattern of how the account is using Hacker News over a long stretch of time. That's what the word "primarily" refers to, and it's the most important thing to understand.

Of course I replied to a specific post because any reply has to do that; but I was responding to the account's use of HN over time. That's the issue here.

I wrote the GP in haste and can see how this point wasn't obvious. On the other hand it should quickly become obvious to anyone who clicks on the link I provided (https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...), which is the purpose of providing the link.

(more at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40589978)

Oh come on, it's obviously flamebait to say Israel is conducting a genocide even if you agree with the claim.

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