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It isn't "incoherent and hypocritical" but gets portrayed that way. Some of that is messaging as the GOP is not very media savvy, but by and large, its people
by protomyth 11y ago
It isn't "incoherent and hypocritical" but gets portrayed that way. Some of that is messaging as the GOP is not very media savvy, but by and large, its people who have no desire to understand before reporting.
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From the outside, Democrats can be viewed as a bunch of special interests under one tent. I find much of these "group slicing" to be problematic when talking about the GOP as I don't think its really those groups or the ultimate belief is what is reported. Viewing a group through another group's lens is fraught with peril.
- popmystack 11y agoThe only counter to people's opinions on a political movement can't just be "they're not portrayed right!" or "you're just viewing things through a biased lens." There has to be something substantial at some point. Throughout this whole thread this theme remains constant. There's nothing but vague, unsubstantiated hypotheticals and a general display of ignorance of the last two decades of the U.S. political history. It's really quite irritating that this is what's passing as good discussion on HN, but I suppose every community has its downfall.