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0 pointslatexr1d ago0 comments

Perhaps don’t question people’s education when you know nothing about them and are yourself unable to communicate properly and understand a question. A “racist and a misanthrope” is not the same thing as a “racist misanthrope” (and again, those overlap and are thus nonsensical together). Or don’t you understand how being a “fast cook” differs from being “fast and a cook”?

You are being incredibly rude and accusatory to multiple people without provocation and should consider revising your HN bio. Aside from it not following proper writing structure and being little more than a jumble of words akin to what one would see on Facebook over a picture of a sunset, you’re behaving like the opposite of what it proffers.

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aa-jv1d ago· 2 in thread

You're just trying to distract from the racist misanthropy in this thread. Nobody sensible ever panders to racist misanthropes just to 'be polite'.

Dismissing this article because "its just one of those 'in Japan' posts" is just poor form. A racist (Japan) statement that this article should be diminished in appreciation by an audience because it is "just one of those 'in Japan' posts.." (misanthropic) can be both racist and misanthropic. Racist, because Japan, and misanthropic because "people shouldn't appreciate this post for what it is because its 'just another in Japan' post" ..

Listen, just because you fail at grammar doesn't mean you can't learn things from strangers on the Internet: Racist and misanthrope are two completely different things, and despite your pedantic blathering it is entirely possible to be both, either, or neither. Be neither.

latexrOP1d ago

You are stuck on an invented argument, fully in your head, and keep ascribing motivations to people you know nothing about.

I’m not “distracting” from anything. I don’t condone racism or dismissing the article (which I enjoyed) as being “thing in Japan” either. That doesn’t mean I have to agree with how you formulate your disagreement. And it definitely does not mean you are in the right to lashing out at someone who explicitly asked you for clarification. I did not engage to attack you, I did so to understand your argument.

That you chose to be relentlessly negative without provocation is a contradiction of the words in your bio—clearly those don’t represent who you are. If they are meant to be aspirational, do better.

aa-jv1d ago

I'm not stuck on anything except completely rejecting racist misanthropy when I see it.

Your statement:

>Those terms seem incompatible. Either you’re a racist and hate certain slices of humanity or you’re a misanthrope and hate all of it. Doesn’t make much sense to hate all and part of it. What exactly did you mean?

.. was simply wrong, because you can be both racist and misanthropic, indeed - and thus your blathering has served only to detract from the point, which is that racist misanthropy is nonsense and shouldn't be tolerated.

>explicitly asked you for clarification.

Yes and you ignored that clarification in your rush to hate a stranger on the Internet. I explained my position: anyone denigrating this article because "its just Japan", is racist and misanthropic. Racist because "Japan" and misanthropic because "dissuading others from appreciating the beauty of the article 'because Japan'".

I believe the same to be true of Britain, by the way - a point I chose to make intentionally. Plenty of things to love about the place. But of course, I could be as racist as any about the British too - their culture provides many reasons to dissuade engagement.

But Japanese culture has many, many wonderfully beautiful things to offer and anyone discounting this fact or dismissing an article about it because "its just Japan and thus not special", should re-think their position.

As for your attempted frothy-mouthed defense of obvious racist misanthropy, yes, true: Opportunities to be better, abound ...

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