Obdigore, on 03 February 2020 - 07:49 PM, said:
So you're saying you aren't an expert on something, and thus when someone else has a different opinion than you doesn't link 15 articles for you to peruse, they are 'inflammatory'?
I'm saying it's inflammatory if it's not backed up. "Andrew Yang is a Silicon Valley shill" all by itself is not helpful, explanatory, or pertinent to the conversation at hand.
And no one asked for 15 articles. One would be nice though.
Obdigore, on 03 February 2020 - 07:49 PM, said:
I mean I guess my point here is correctly labeling someone as a technocrat, who is clearly a technocrat, isn't inflammatory nor does it require a source.
Expecting that everyone knows the intricacies of 'why a person would be labelled that' is some sort of universally known constant is not on. As I said, I really don't care about the accuracy or lack thereof to the statement. I care about the fact that it was offered up with nothing to back it up or explain it and how it pertains to the comment that Andrew Yang dislikes identity politics.
Obdigore, on 03 February 2020 - 07:49 PM, said:
It's also something you could investigate before writing angry messages about how you can't post stuff like that.
Firstly, it was Apt who commented about it. I merely supported him, repped him the point back, and added my own two cents. There were not angry. They were matter-of-fact.
Second, it's not on me to "investigate" someone else callout of a famous individual's character and how it pertains to the topic at hand. Why on earth should I need to venture off on my own and read al about this dude and how his stance on identity politics my be related or not? Kanese thinks it pertinent? Great. Tell me why.
Obdigore, on 03 February 2020 - 07:49 PM, said:
I mean I remember the huge blow-up about drive-bys from a couple months ago, and I don't see any changes to the posting requirements in the DB Forum.
We are not on about 'requirements'. This is basically common sense with regards to discussions on the more serious side of the forum. I don';t really think it's offside to ask that people source stuff that is meant to pertain to the topic, which is might be insider baseball. I don't know the first thing about Yang...that's the point.
Obdigore, on 03 February 2020 - 07:49 PM, said:
Since you apparently don't like to do your own research, let me go ahead and give you some light reading about Andrew Yang, and who and what he is.
Why is it on me to research someone else's statement on the discussion forum? And I'll repeat what I said above: I don't know the first thing about Yang...that's the point.
Obdigore, on 03 February 2020 - 07:49 PM, said:
Then you are welcome to come back and discuss his policies, and where they both shine and fall short.
I'm not sure how else to put this. I don't care about his policies. I don't. Like not even a little bit. All I care about was the fact that a blanket statement was issued in the thread which seemed out of nowhere, and Apt challenged it, I supported that challenge because it seems like only fair to explain yourself here when you make a statement like that, and I repped Apt back for the downvote becuase that felt way offside.
I said my bit. I'm cool with that.
EDIT: It seems like your fight is with Azath as they mentioned Yang to begin with? Not sure. It ain't me though.
This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 03 February 2020 - 08:24 PM
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