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If the website itself wasn't cringeworthy enough, the '#svpol' crowd showed up in the HN comments to make damn sure no one could leave with even the slightest d

by 59nadir 11y ago

If the website itself wasn't cringeworthy enough, the '#svpol' crowd showed up in the HN comments to make damn sure no one could leave with even the slightest doubt that everyone in Sweden is a complete tool.

pavlov 11y ago
The discussion in these comments is embarrassing (and I'm not even Swedish). Apparently the mere mention of Sweden was enough to make local politics spill over here. It's like watching a post about a weather app getting overrun by climate change denialists.
- seivan 11y ago
  Sweden is very polarised at this moment. The @Sweden has been hijacked by left-wing extremists - which is mainstream these days enough to warrant 7 political parties to become one giant block. So... in an essence... we're becoming Americans. We have two parties.
- CuriousSkeptic 11y ago
  It's because the local politics are rather intense in Sweden right now. The whole country is rather emotional at the moment, has been for the last couple of days. For a while now the racist parts of the population has been rather outspoken. I guess feeling that their opinions has finally been legitimized with a far-right party winning seats in parliament and all that. At the same time the rest of the population has been rather quiet. I guess not knowing exactly what to make of it. No one seems to have been prepared for it. After all, the official, and somewhat internalized, image of Swedish culture and identity has been that those opinions had no place in civilized society, and thus shouldn't be dignified with actual response. The last few days, the refugee situation seems to have been a rallying point around taking back this identity. Resulting in a few days with more then usual activity of emotional manifestations. That said, I was rather surprised to have to witness this on HN and must say I feel rather ashamed my self. On behalf of Sweden: I'm sorry you had to witness that. Edit: Down vote? Guess I should expect that for letting my own opinions on the matter shine through. But really, I was just trying to provide some context for interpreting the other posts in this thread.
seivan 11y ago
Well, you wouldn't want to disappoint them. After all, most Swedes are mentally handicapped and och indoctrinated.[0] Not my words, but our former Prime-ministers, aaaand I sorta agree with him after growing up here in several suburbs and living abroad as well. [0]: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_sovande_folket#cite_note-:0-1 https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_sovande_folket#cite_note-:...

by 59nadir 11y ago

pavlov 11y ago

The discussion in these comments is embarrassing (and I'm not even Swedish). Apparently the mere mention of Sweden was enough to make local politics spill over here. It's like watching a post about a weather app getting overrun by climate change denialists.

seivan 11y ago
Sweden is very polarised at this moment. The @Sweden has been hijacked by left-wing extremists - which is mainstream these days enough to warrant 7 political parties to become one giant block. So... in an essence... we're becoming Americans. We have two parties.
CuriousSkeptic 11y ago
It's because the local politics are rather intense in Sweden right now. The whole country is rather emotional at the moment, has been for the last couple of days. For a while now the racist parts of the population has been rather outspoken. I guess feeling that their opinions has finally been legitimized with a far-right party winning seats in parliament and all that. At the same time the rest of the population has been rather quiet. I guess not knowing exactly what to make of it. No one seems to have been prepared for it. After all, the official, and somewhat internalized, image of Swedish culture and identity has been that those opinions had no place in civilized society, and thus shouldn't be dignified with actual response. The last few days, the refugee situation seems to have been a rallying point around taking back this identity. Resulting in a few days with more then usual activity of emotional manifestations. That said, I was rather surprised to have to witness this on HN and must say I feel rather ashamed my self. On behalf of Sweden: I'm sorry you had to witness that. Edit: Down vote? Guess I should expect that for letting my own opinions on the matter shine through. But really, I was just trying to provide some context for interpreting the other posts in this thread.

seivan 11y ago

Well, you wouldn't want to disappoint them. After all, most Swedes are mentally handicapped and och indoctrinated.[0] Not my words, but our former Prime-ministers, aaaand I sorta agree with him after growing up here in several suburbs and living abroad as well. [0]: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_sovande_folket#cite_note-:0-1 https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_sovande_folket#cite_note-:...