Please don't fulminate, or make personal attacks like "Typical Hasbara lying", or use capitals for emphasis, or post flamebait or engage in ideological battle on HN. We've had to remind you to observe the guidelines before. Topics like this normally don't get discussed on HN because they inevitably turn into flame wars. If you can't participate in a thread like this without doing it in a flamewar style, please don't participate at all. It benefits nobody, and we have to ban accounts that continue to engage in this style of activity.
Hmm, and the outright deceitful and insidious nature of the post I was responding to? Where someone twists the facts in their very first sentence to hide the fact that the victims of that slaughter were themselves Muslim - just to justify an Islamophobic tirade for the remainder of their post ...
what do you call that? And how exactly does one counter such obvious lies of omission, without using the word "lying"?
"Sorry dear chap, but I believe you are intentionally hiding key facts here,namely the identity of the victims themselves"?
And btw, where was the flamebait? My 2nd paragraph is as close to a precise summary of what's actually happening as you can get, without hiding the identities of anyone involved.
Some version of the second sentence could be fine if you omitted the all-caps words and belligerent tone. The phrases "Typical Hasbara lying", "Birds of a feather flock together" are flamebait, along with the overall hostile and escalatory tone of that comment, along with this entire comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45788190.
This style of commenting is a pattern extending back at least a year, maybe longer. We've already asked you before to do better.
The comment you replied to was also flagged and killed, and also wasn't what we like to see, but that doesn’t justify or excuse further escalation from you.
If you expect others to conduct themselves to a high standard, you need to show a sincere intent to conduct yourself to a high standard, and it makes it harder for us to take action against an earlier comment when a later comment escalates so egregiously.
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I don't see the original comment tying the tensions to Islam anywhere. And yes, the conflict is heavily tied to ethnicities - RSF is Arab-dominated and has been systematically genociding other ethnicities, and both sides are effectively enabling a resource grab for their backers.
Arab vs non-Arab conflicts are also nothing new. See Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, etc.
Please don't fulminate, or make personal attacks like "Typical Hasbara lying", or use capitals for emphasis, or post flamebait or engage in ideological battle on HN. We've had to remind you to observe the guidelines before. Topics like this normally don't get discussed on HN because they inevitably turn into flame wars. If you can't participate in a thread like this without doing it in a flamewar style, please don't participate at all. It benefits nobody, and we have to ban accounts that continue to engage in this style of activity.
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Hmm, and the outright deceitful and insidious nature of the post I was responding to? Where someone twists the facts in their very first sentence to hide the fact that the victims of that slaughter were themselves Muslim - just to justify an Islamophobic tirade for the remainder of their post ...
what do you call that? And how exactly does one counter such obvious lies of omission, without using the word "lying"?
"Sorry dear chap, but I believe you are intentionally hiding key facts here,namely the identity of the victims themselves"?
And btw, where was the flamebait? My 2nd paragraph is as close to a precise summary of what's actually happening as you can get, without hiding the identities of anyone involved.
Some version of the second sentence could be fine if you omitted the all-caps words and belligerent tone. The phrases "Typical Hasbara lying", "Birds of a feather flock together" are flamebait, along with the overall hostile and escalatory tone of that comment, along with this entire comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45788190.
This style of commenting is a pattern extending back at least a year, maybe longer. We've already asked you before to do better.
The comment you replied to was also flagged and killed, and also wasn't what we like to see, but that doesn’t justify or excuse further escalation from you.
If you expect others to conduct themselves to a high standard, you need to show a sincere intent to conduct yourself to a high standard, and it makes it harder for us to take action against an earlier comment when a later comment escalates so egregiously.
None of this is personal or specific to this comment or any issue. The guidelines have been in place since HN began and have changed little. They apply equally to everyone. By participating on HN, you agree to adhere to the guidelines. If you don't like HN's guidelines, you can choose not to participate.
I don't see the original comment tying the tensions to Islam anywhere. And yes, the conflict is heavily tied to ethnicities - RSF is Arab-dominated and has been systematically genociding other ethnicities, and both sides are effectively enabling a resource grab for their backers.
Arab vs non-Arab conflicts are also nothing new. See Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, etc.