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alsetmusictoday at 2:22 AM2 repliesview on HN

> Come on, you know that's not analogous.

Not who you responded to, but I thought it was completely fair. We were a nation filled with Sundown Towns[0,1] very recently. Some probably still exist but are more discrete about it to avoid unwanted attention from those of us who would (loudly) call bullshit on the practice.

> Nowadays, when people bring up examples like you did above, it's usually part of an attempt to shut down democratic decision making, by making false comparisons.

I think you're trying to shutdown someone who has a different opinion from yours by delegitimizing their position. It's not reading the way you thought it would.

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundown_town

1. https://thenewpress.org/books/sundown-towns/


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Lammytoday at 5:28 AM

I wish we could say “were” :/ http://radicalcartography.net/bayarea.html

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palmoteatoday at 5:00 AM

> I think you're trying to shutdown someone who has a different opinion from yours by delegitimizing their position.

I'm trying to delegimimize the delegitimization that was being directed at me.

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