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> Don't get me wrong: I campaigned for the guy in 2008, so I'm no right-wing-nut. Was this disclaimer really necessary for your comment? No need for the emotio

• SilasX 11y ago
  You're downvoted, but I think you deserve an answer: It shouldn't be necessary, but people are all too willing to lump someone into a camp and attack them on that basis, so it's often necessary to note when you are doing something against the direction you'd normally be biased so people don't make that conclusion.
• ahallock 11y ago
  Getting downvotes for pointing out how problematic these types of disclaimers are? Evidently you can only criticize the president legitimately if you're not a "right-wing nut." How about the argument stand on its own regardless of political affiliation.
• Dirlewanger 11y ago
  It is, because otherwise people would downvote him, probably assuming he's a bible-thumping conservative who's voting for Trump. Bipartisanship has been poisoning this country for decades. Symptoms are only increasing in intensity.
  • ahallock 11y ago
    And here I was assuming HN was a place for rational discussion. We now downvote people if we assume them to be part of an un-agreeable ideology to the master ideology on HN. Got it.
• 1024core 11y ago
  I just wanted to put it in the right context. There's a group of people for whom Obama can do no right; I'm not in that group. My point is: I was a strong supporter, and while I think he was better than the alternatives, I still believe that he could have done much more given the mandate he had.