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> a slippery slope. No. The dystopian fetish ever present in popular culture has done more harm than any poorly crafted piece of legislation has ever done in t

> a slippery slope. No. The dystopian fetish ever present in popular culture has done more harm than any poorly crafted piece of legislation has ever done in the U.S.

cooper12 9y ago
I wonder how these people even get out of bed considering it could be a slippery slope to murder or something in their overactive and moral-compassless imaginations. I still remember how just a few years ago people were saying legalizing gay marriage would lead to legalized bestiality, death camps for cis couples, required gender transitions for children, etc. Nothing like some hysteria from reactionaries.
- kadenshep 9y ago
  Mystical future historians and grandstanding on my HN? Never! Also have you read 1984? It's a pretty ground breaking book.
  - cooper12 9y ago
    I've been on the internet long enough to notice this mass hysteria. And providing a recent and relevant example is grandstanding, huh? Funny how tangents on freeze peach aren't considered grandstanding to you (especialy when your average HNer couldn't give two fucks about the rights of sex workers except when they can exploit them). And lastly, I read the book for the second time just last week. Most memeified and over-interpreted book in existence. Interestingly there's this reocurring event of two-minutes hate, as well as war fervor against whoever the government has deigned the enemy. This enemy is never the same entity, but during the war fervor, everyone pretends they're the worst when they were just allies a week ago. Seems awfully familiar. I also see some nice examples of doublethink in these types of threads where HNers usually drool over capitalism and the rights of private organizations; and they also pride themselves on being so logical (2 + 2 = 5); yet they can't seem to understand that free speech only applies to the government. Soooooooo Orwellian, oh em gee. It's so cringey hearing people use 1984 as a stand-in for anything and everything when they've barely read the book, or from a high school understanding of it.

> a slippery slope. No. The dystopian fetish ever present in popular culture has done more harm than any poorly crafted piece of legislation has ever done in the U.S.

cooper12 9y ago

I wonder how these people even get out of bed considering it could be a slippery slope to murder or something in their overactive and moral-compassless imaginations. I still remember how just a few years ago people were saying legalizing gay marriage would lead to legalized bestiality, death camps for cis couples, required gender transitions for children, etc. Nothing like some hysteria from reactionaries.

kadenshep 9y ago
Mystical future historians and grandstanding on my HN? Never! Also have you read 1984? It's a pretty ground breaking book.
- cooper12 9y ago
  I've been on the internet long enough to notice this mass hysteria. And providing a recent and relevant example is grandstanding, huh? Funny how tangents on freeze peach aren't considered grandstanding to you (especialy when your average HNer couldn't give two fucks about the rights of sex workers except when they can exploit them). And lastly, I read the book for the second time just last week. Most memeified and over-interpreted book in existence. Interestingly there's this reocurring event of two-minutes hate, as well as war fervor against whoever the government has deigned the enemy. This enemy is never the same entity, but during the war fervor, everyone pretends they're the worst when they were just allies a week ago. Seems awfully familiar. I also see some nice examples of doublethink in these types of threads where HNers usually drool over capitalism and the rights of private organizations; and they also pride themselves on being so logical (2 + 2 = 5); yet they can't seem to understand that free speech only applies to the government. Soooooooo Orwellian, oh em gee. It's so cringey hearing people use 1984 as a stand-in for anything and everything when they've barely read the book, or from a high school understanding of it.