Depends on the context that it's brought up in. If you're just interjecting that fact, then yeah, I could see that being perceived as islamaphobia. That view is consistent, when a person from gender x is expressing their experience, and gender y comes along to add on that "gender x does it too" the outcome is similar, and vice versa. These are new-ish social standards, but I think reasonable if you're trying to create a space where everyone has the opportunity to share while staying topic focused in a thread. I can also see why it's potentially confusing for unknowing participants.
Edit: just noticed your reply includes the term "rainbow allies" so I think we're done here.
Edit: I am truly shocked I have greyed text while the person I'm replying to has fully blackened text.
ehhh, that's not what I said, and I find it a bit odd that you immediately reached for calling me a "groomer". Let me try to be a little more clear:
If you're showing up to a conversation that has no relation to the issue you described other than the fact that people are discussing Islam and you interject that so as to throw a topic off track, yes I can understand why they see it that way.
If you're showing up to a conversation regarding religion and child sexual exploitation and you mention that, then no I cannot understand why they see it that way.
That's a, generally, new-ish social standard so I was trying to give you, and them, some benefit of the doubt, but I think at this point I kind of get why you were banned.
it is not a standard. a minority is trying extremely hard to make it so, mostly by throwing the complete list of accusations at anyone who doesnt obey. Most people dont want a confrontation, so bends the knee. Most people go along with all sorts of crap. Just look at all of the large atrocities done throughout history. How could they happen? The masses went along.
In time, if people do not oppose, it may well become a standard, but right now, it is not. It may well be viewed as such in the extreme bubbles of tech workers, but in the general population? not even a tiny tiny bit.
Ban away. If you can't stand people posting things that PG's posted himself, viz. http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html then it's not a site I want to be on.
>I do it because it's good for the brain. To do good work you need a brain that can go anywhere. And you especially need a brain that's in the habit of going where it's not supposed to.
Having learned HN moderation from him, I can tell you that PG would have banned your account long ago.
It seems to me that you're underestimating the (vast) amounts of repetition and bile in the style of flamewar comment that you're practicing. That has nothing whatsoever with that essay, nor any of the other values PG wanted to see practiced on HN. This is supposed to be a site for curious conversation, not smiting and tarring enemies.
