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>silent majority that supports him To be clear, Trump lost the popular vote (which is conducted with closed ballots so the silent majority can voice their opin
by gizmo686 9y ago
>silent majority that supports him
To be clear, Trump lost the popular vote (which is conducted with closed ballots so the silent majority can voice their opinion); and by all available measures has gotten less popular since then.
>And if you dummies think that speech isn't being stifled, look no further than James Demore being fired for trying to figure out root cause analysis of why there aren't more women in tech
Were you around HN when this happened. In my reccolection, there was a significant portion of HN that disagreed with the firing; and even many of those who defended the firing argued not that Damore was wrong, but that the PR against him justified the firing.
I am certain that my comments against the firing were well received (eg. upvoted) here.
Having said that, you are certainly correct that the left has its own anti-intellectual movement. It just hasn't penetrated into the political party as badly as it has on the right.
- ryanx435 9y ago> were you around HN when this happened Dude I've been around HN for almost 9 years. And in that time this site went from pro free speech to downvote anything that isn't super left-wing progressive
- yorwba 9y agoHN is still pro free speech. Downvoting comments does not curtail free speech. Flagging them does (unless your definition of "free speech" stops at the First Amendment), but only for those who don't have "showdead" on. Maybe HN's way of highlighting downvoted comments encourages conformist behavior, but you can still write anything you want. You just might not find anybody willing to listen and agree.