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I've read it a few times but am not sure I follow what you're saying. Is this high context writing? If so what is the background?


It's a bit of an academic critique, but perfectly legible (if you know the jargon).

Rough translation:

Only people in privileged groups can comfortably claim to have nothing to hide, because they don't get persecuted for who they are. It's not just Jews who got persecuted, it's minorities everywhere, but only in that case is the persecution widely acknowledged. Otherwise we disavow individual acts (of bigotry/racism/sexism/etc) but we don't look for the root causes.

It's obvious that (the class of people labeled) white men have disproportionately benefited from exploitation all throughout history, and continue to benefit to this day. However, people who bring this up in thinkpieces or the media get screamed at or worse. Most writers understand this, and water down their critique so it's easier to swallow and the backlash will be minimal. This is cowardly.


I think it's saying "Insiders exploit outsiders. Only insiders say they have nothing to hide."


Excellent translation. And your comment is a lesson in the value of brevity and clarity!


I wouldn't be surprise if this robot writting. Remember that there are several organizations that create fake usernames and personalities, then is easy to taint group opinions by looking like multiple different people saying d The same thing. The post is correct English but the argument lacks of public context, or make many assumptions to make sense to the casual reader. So probably a robot sticking phrases together or a human that cannot pass the Eliza test


I don't think it is a bot based on the poster's other comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=detcader




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