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I suppose you'd have to look back and see what's changed in the world (and particularly in the lives of HN's primarily American demographic) to understand why t
by bsanr2 7y ago
I suppose you'd have to look back and see what's changed in the world (and particularly in the lives of HN's primarily American demographic) to understand why this is happening. I'd be more explicit in my suspicions as to what that is, but considering the tone of the parent and grandparent comment, I imagine that I'd be courting a very un-HN-like argument in doing so, so I'll hold back. Suffice it to say that the willingness for people to "shriek" at things they hold prejudice to, regardless of the actual facts, didn't so much "change" into its current paradigm as it was "unleashed."
- hn_throwaway_99 7y agoI agree with you, but I'd also argue the very act of "unleashing" can in fact multiply that negative sentiment in individuals where it would otherwise stay relatively tame. For example, I saw a mini-documentary recently about people who may have harbored what I'll call "questioning/prejudiced" views, but then fell down the YouTube rabbit-hole of full on racist/Nazi/white-supremacist videos and turned into full-on racist conspiracy theorists.