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Why is this relevant on HN? I'm not saying this is uninteresting, but I think it's a good idea to have clarity on what should be relevant on HN and what should
by sgt 7y ago
Why is this relevant on HN?
I'm not saying this is uninteresting, but I think it's a good idea to have clarity on what should be relevant on HN and what shouldn't.
- whoisjuan 7y agoIt will be flagged.
- fallingfrog 7y agoIt’s the end of the first successful socialist experiment since the 30’s. Systems of people are interesting to nerds too. I don’t see why this would be off topic.
- lm28469 7y agoTurkey ? Socialist experiment ? Did I miss something ?
- fallingfrog 7y agoNot turkey, rojava https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_uk/article/43dmgm/the-most-feminist-revolution-the-world-has-ever-witnessed https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_uk/article/...
- DFHippie 7y agoThe Kurds, I believe.
- fallingfrog 7y agoWho flagged it? Can anybody do that? Is there a review process?
- eitland 7y agoWe can try to vote it back. Sometimes dang makes exceptions, and this seems like a good candidate.
- hanselot 7y agoAgreed, don't let the community decide this, rather leave it to the mods, like on StackExchange...
- ssully 7y agoThe guidelines are pretty clear: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html This story probably won't be on the front page for long.
- throwaway_law 7y ago>Why is this relevant on HN? Aside from this being politically and potentially ethnically/religiously divisive...it is historical. You have Turkey invading Syria to use force against a militia funded/armed/trained by the US. In response the US President took to Twitter to essentially say go in and kill everyone, we have no interest...meanwhile another politician from the same party took to Twitter to tell Turkey not to go into Syria, because, well the US Congress hasn't authorize them to. Its ridiculous and important, but goes to show while people are dying in armed conflict, for which we are in some ways responsible, our highest political leaders are taking to Twitter.
- pennaMan 7y agoBefore Twitter those political leaders would just privately have a laugh about the genocide they just green lighted over a glass of scotch.
- throwaway_law 7y agoCertainly they still will. Though in the past it may not be as private as you might think...the United States Senate has spittoons spread across the Senate Chamber as they are considered a Senate tradition. That tradition consisted of the Senators getting so drunk during sessions they used to throw up in those spittoons as they were deciding the fate of the plebs.
- peterwwillis 7y agoWhen oppressive regimes start trying to wipe out revolutionary factions of its largest ethnic minority, it's geopolitically interesting
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- Pokepokalypse 7y agoI guess in the world of geopolitical hacking, this incoming genocide is a consequence. So, run your virus checker, don't open emails from unexpected senders with weird attachments, and please, for the love of god, stop voting in russian spies for public office.