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I don't understand what these protests hope to achieve. Having said that, you are questioning things that have been public knowledge for a while.

• Chris2048 10y ago
  Can you be more specific? What "have been public knowledge for a while"? What is public knowledge worth? "3. the information system which informs the collective is filtered by a quality control mechanism that relies on individuals to a high degree. Lanier argues that only under those circumstances can a collective be smarter than a person. If any of these conditions are broken, the collective becomes unreliable or worse." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions If you are talking about the "Muslim Registry": http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/01/15/s-f-mayor-opposes-trump-muslim-registry-never-proposed/ http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/01/15/s-f-mayor-opp... "Look, I’m not going to rule out anything. I wouldn’t — we’re not going to have a registry based on a religion." -- Priebus http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/11/20/priebus-were-not-going-to-have-a-registry-based-on-a-religion/ http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/11/20/priebus-were-not-g... If you don't like breitbart: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/16/13649764/trump-muslim-register-database http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/11/16/13649764/t... "it seems Trump is trying to say that he was previously talking about illegal immigration and a wall -- not a registry for Muslims. And he seems taken aback by stories that said he wanted such a database." http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/nov/24/donald-trumps-comments-database-american-muslims/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/nov/24/... One example of reporting that buries the lede: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/barack-obama-donald-trump-muslim-registry-will-it-happen-could-be-blocked-a7456856.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/barack-obam...
  • randomgyatwork 10y ago
    I don't like Trump, never have. But the way the media baits his words and expects us to be appalled is absurd and dishonest.
  • ajamesm 10y ago
    "Read my lips -- no new taxes"
• ajamesm 10y ago
  > I don't understand what these protests hope to achieve. They wrote a comprehensive explanation of their goals, and now their cause is on the front page of HN