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Maybe this isn’t an appropriate comment for HN.

by 1_2__4 9y ago

chiefalchemist 9y ago
It might help to explain why you find this NSFHN. That's not a complaint, just a request for clarity.
- majewsky 9y ago
  I answered below the sibling comment.
0x445442 9y ago
Oh, I'm sure it's not. In the same way Demore's comments weren't appropriate for Google.
TheAceOfHearts 9y ago
I'd also be interested in understanding why you think it's not appropriate for HN. Many others share GP's view that the whole Russia thing is potentially overblown. Personally, I'm still rather skeptical of the whole matter, considering I haven't been presented with sufficiently strong evidence to make me agree that it played a large role in the 2016 election.
- majewsky 9y ago
  > I'd also be interested in understanding why you think it's not appropriate for HN. Because this kind of comment usually incites a debate that is below the intellectual standards of HN. This is not a statement about the comment's merit. Just a few days ago, there was a submission about how the US and Israel are leaving UNESCO. I was initially disappointed to see it being flagged off the front page because I was hoping for some insightful commentary on this development, but 90% of comments was arguing about whether there is a Jewish world conspiracy going on. That's why political stories and comments are very often flagged or downvoted to death.
  - 0x445442 9y ago
    Oh please help us all. Is the following really any better? Can someone please explain why the left's frustration over a Trump presidency is any more justified than the right's was over the Obama presidency. And can they also explain how screaming "RUSSIANS" is better than developing a platform that works for the fly over states and not just the coasts. Honestly, is couching everything in the Socratic method the blessed way to comment on HN? Sometimes I don't want to discuss I just want to make a statement.
    - chillwaves 9y ago
      Because Trump is woefully unqualified for the job? Because the words he uses matter and he lies constantly? Even if I agreed with the man's vile philosophy, if I was a supporter I would be frankly embarrassed by the man's performance. He is not even able to staff his branch of government. The man is a failure by every metric. I am speaking now more to the "frustration" over a Trump presidency that the entire country has, not "the left" as you identify them.

Maybe this isn’t an appropriate comment for HN.

by 1_2__4 9y ago

Maybe this isn’t an appropriate comment for HN.

chiefalchemist 9y ago

It might help to explain why you find this NSFHN. That's not a complaint, just a request for clarity.

majewsky 9y ago
I answered below the sibling comment.

0x445442 9y ago

Oh, I'm sure it's not. In the same way Demore's comments weren't appropriate for Google.

TheAceOfHearts 9y ago

I'd also be interested in understanding why you think it's not appropriate for HN. Many others share GP's view that the whole Russia thing is potentially overblown. Personally, I'm still rather skeptical of the whole matter, considering I haven't been presented with sufficiently strong evidence to make me agree that it played a large role in the 2016 election.

majewsky 9y ago
> I'd also be interested in understanding why you think it's not appropriate for HN. Because this kind of comment usually incites a debate that is below the intellectual standards of HN. This is not a statement about the comment's merit. Just a few days ago, there was a submission about how the US and Israel are leaving UNESCO. I was initially disappointed to see it being flagged off the front page because I was hoping for some insightful commentary on this development, but 90% of comments was arguing about whether there is a Jewish world conspiracy going on. That's why political stories and comments are very often flagged or downvoted to death.
- 0x445442 9y ago
  Oh please help us all. Is the following really any better? Can someone please explain why the left's frustration over a Trump presidency is any more justified than the right's was over the Obama presidency. And can they also explain how screaming "RUSSIANS" is better than developing a platform that works for the fly over states and not just the coasts. Honestly, is couching everything in the Socratic method the blessed way to comment on HN? Sometimes I don't want to discuss I just want to make a statement.
  - chillwaves 9y ago
    Because Trump is woefully unqualified for the job? Because the words he uses matter and he lies constantly? Even if I agreed with the man's vile philosophy, if I was a supporter I would be frankly embarrassed by the man's performance. He is not even able to staff his branch of government. The man is a failure by every metric. I am speaking now more to the "frustration" over a Trump presidency that the entire country has, not "the left" as you identify them.