I agree with the sentiment. My point was more people used to have a common understanding that there was a time and place for political (and religious) discussion - and that those beliefs were deeply personal, shaped largely by experience, and not meant to be held against one another in the broader judgement of their character.

Somewhere along the way we lost that idea, not all cultural changes are for the better.

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angoragoats 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I see, so from this reply I gather that your parent post was not “just an expression” as you claimed elsewhere, and you just got snippy when someone pushed back against your obviously out-of-touch assertion of fact.

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crims0n 16 hours ago | parent [-]

As stated elsewhere, “good ol’ days” is an idiom. That was the expression. The point I was making was independent of the idiom/expression.

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angoragoats 15 hours ago | parent [-]

Goddamn, I wish I could block users on HN.

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crims0n 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Just some intellectual sparring mate, no ill will intended.

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angoragoats 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you honestly think that falsely calling out an (informal) fallacy counts as “intellectual sparring,” whatever the fuck that is? What is wrong with you?

	▲	crims0n 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> What is wrong with you? My mother denied me the teat.

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AlexeyBelov a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> not meant to be held against one another in the broader judgement of their character

Really? When was that time? 1000 BC?

	▲	crims0n 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Was pretty common with my grandparents generation so… mid 20th century? I know it can be hard to believe post-internet.