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>which is the bigoted right at the moment Ah yes, let's generalize ~50% of the country as bigots. That surely will lead to quality discussion.
by ApolloFortyNine 7y ago
>which is the bigoted right at the moment
Ah yes, let's generalize ~50% of the country as bigots. That surely will lead to quality discussion.
- damnyou 7y agoThe leaders certainly all are. Not saying anything about ordinary people. Why would you think I'm optimizing for quality of discussion? I'm optimizing for the material conditions of oppressed people, not some silly debate conducted on an online forum. It's more important to state the obvious truth than to soften it.
- 0815test 7y agoThe leaders? You're quite right, but maybe not the way you think. Trump said plenty of truly outrageous things, but he wasn't the one who generalized 50% of the population as "the basket of deplorables". Maybe Bernie is not overly bigoted, I'll give you that.
- ThrowawayR2 7y ago> Why would you think I'm optimizing for quality of discussion? You should because the guidelines for HN politely request it, its users expect it, and its moderators firmly enforce it (and thank heavens for that).