alt Hacker NewsEhh, “dumber than a box of rocks” or similar is more hyperbole than dehumanising speech. Dehumanising speech is calling someone something like a cockroach or a rat. Bit of an overreaction here mate
Ehh, “dumber than a box of rocks” or similar is more hyperbole than dehumanising speech. Dehumanising speech is calling someone something like a cockroach or a rat. Bit of an overreaction here mate
Sure, in isolation, you can dismiss that kind of language as hyperbole and let it pass. But we're talking about a pattern of rhetorical style and substance over several years that they have been warned about several times, but with no evidence of any intent to reform. HN is not intended for this style of discussion, and people who continue to engage it are driving away people who do want to use HN as intended.