3 ms·
An emotional address by an inspiring young climate activist, to which the president of the United States of America, a man with considerable power and influence
by Freak_NL 7y ago
An emotional address by an inspiring young climate activist, to which the president of the United States of America, a man with considerable power and influence, responds: „She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!”
The world is looking rather bleak today.
- HyperTalk2 7y agoHN is looking rather bleak with people like you constantly trying to turn it into /r/politics, complete with the sub-IQ 80 leftist hot takes.
- Bantros 7y agoYou're not wrong, unfortunately
- rvz 7y agoI won't be surprised if this gets flagged or suppressed for discussion anyway. But the grandparent has a point and isn't wrong...
- happytoexplain 7y agoI'm not sure why anybody would be surprised that a post complaining about "sub-80 IQ rightwing|leftwing hot takes" gets downvoted or flagged. Isn't the point of HN that it doesn't host the usual hateful garbage?
- daxorid 7y ago> Isn't the point of HN that it doesn't host the usual hateful garbage? Sure, but HN also shouldn't host the usual political "hot takes" the GGGP pointed out. What's happening here is that unsubstantive comments are given a pass if they meet the "correct opinion" standard. Neither type of comment should fly.
- s9w 7y agoHow is emotional something good? I don't think that deserves to be glorified. There is the stereotype of "a girl is crying, burn the constitution!" - and she's exactly that. It's hard to take this "movement" serious with the blind praise someone like her gets