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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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Somebody quotes Paul Graham's rules for argument at him: shot, chaser.
they live glasses on
There's got to be a term for the rhetorical technique of "this reasonable-sounding statement is one of the conclusions I draw from my unhinged conspiracy theories, and therefore the whole structure is true!"
I hate to say it but pg's tweet was reasonable. Some asshole carrying water for Mike fucking Lee deserves to be blocked.
Yeah, my initial reaction was "how dare pg not follow his own principles" but then I realized he's on Twitter, not HN, and when in Rome...
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