> Just like Trump is (hopefully?) going to be a much more reasonable president than his campaign antics would lead you to believe Hmm. I'm not sure what you me

> Just like Trump is (hopefully?) going to be a much more reasonable president than his campaign antics would lead you to believe Hmm. I'm not sure what you mean by reasonable here. I have to admit I'm rather worried that Trump is actually an outsider / non-politician, and that this will result in some rather awful power struggles for the foreseeable future as the government undergoes the bureaucratic equivalent of (hopefully) chemotherapy, or (more pessimistically) leprosy. "Reasonable" to me basically means an exceedingly boring and predictable government. > Did you also realize back then what the consequences in face of an adverse outcome would be? Not in detail but in character, yes. I did what I could to calm and reason with the mob. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12734428 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12734428 for example. My basic position was and is that shunning, as a tactic, is net negative. Or at least is net negative when done to sophisticated opponents. If the person's wrong, kicking them out will just cause them to continue being wrong only this time with different people and without you around to correct them. If the person's right, kicking them out will just keep you wrong only this time without anyone to help you find the truth. > And unfortunately it doesn't make a lick of difference. hah, agree. If commenting on HN isn't its own reward, it's a waste of time :p