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> Having misgivings about a code of ethics or about this pledge doesn't make someone an "alt-righter". No, but ranting about illegal immigration (a totally tan
by morgante 10y ago
> Having misgivings about a code of ethics or about this pledge doesn't make someone an "alt-righter".
No, but ranting about illegal immigration (a totally tangential issue) does.
- tptacek 10y agoI'd encourage you to focus on the arguments rather than on attributing things to the people writing those arguments; if you must do that, have real evidence.
- morgante 10y agoWhat exactly do you think is the substantive argument of "but illegal immigration?" Nothing in the article is about illegal immigration, nor is the discussion of a Muslim database about illegal immigration. It's a red herring. We already have immigration databases. This is how the alt-right derails discussion. They exploit our preference to treat all arguments as valid until we're at the point of debating whether mass deportation of ethnic/religious minorities is okay. The growing and vocal influence of the alt-right on HN should not be ignored.
- internaut 10y agoI'd like to remind the citizens of HN that I and other alt-righters here are rarely guilty of inserting political articles into the News Feed of this website. Otherwise my posting history would probably include a tide of Drudge Report, Unz, Breitbart etc. I would expect a ban if I did that. Links to such websites are rarer than hen's teeth. The evidence is that many people on the other side of the isle are more than comfortable submitting articles from Daily Kos, Huffington Post and Salon.
- LyndsySimon 10y agoThe pledge in TFA says "We refuse to facilitate mass deportations of people the government believes to be undesirable." Does this not refer to illegal immigration?
- morgante 10y agoNo, it refers to Muslims.