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What I mean is that I don't care about my own personal downvotes; I care a bit that Hacker News would downvote a comment because it calls out their kinda ridicu
by Moodles 8y ago
What I mean is that I don't care about my own personal downvotes; I care a bit that Hacker News would downvote a comment because it calls out their kinda ridiculous political views, without even discussing it, as that means HN is going a bit downhill.
It's just a bit absurd, wherever you are on the political spectrum, to seriously think the US is at all similar to Nazi Germany now. You have to live in an echo chamber if you think Trump and Hitler are comparable. Stalin was was even very left wing, btw.
- cbg0 8y agoFor complaining about downvotes and HN going downhill, see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html (You'll also notice that politics discussions are frowned upon) Also, you call other people's political views 'ridiculous' and then you wonder why they won't engage with that and instead downvote you? If you want a serious discussion, start with better kindling. > You have to live in an echo chamber if you think Trump and Hitler are comparable. Again, insulting the reader instead of offering some serious counterpoints which could spark a debate.
- Moodles 8y agoIt's too ridiculous a topic to even seriously discuss though. The holocaust, invading Europe, the gestapo, gulags... It's not the same as the current US President. Like, do you seriously think there is merit in comparing Hitler to Trump? Do you think you would bother breaking down Hitler vs Obama?