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That fascist is turning my hair white.

by davidw 7y ago

dang 7y ago
I don't know why you went back on ten years' worth of advocating to keep politics off HN, but your HN posts have been getting increasingly political, increasingly partisan, and (to judge by this one) increasingly degenerate. Would you please not just stop this trend but reverse it? We badly need the senior users of this site to contribute to preserving it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- davidw 7y ago
  Hi, you're right, I'll eliminate them. My guts are tied in a knot half the time wondering what's going to happen; if this is the end of free and fair elections, and maybe the beginning of something worse (this is a good summary: https://twitter.com/willwilkinson/status/1219638176953839617 https://twitter.com/willwilkinson/status/1219638176953839617 ), and I guess that seeps through in my comments. As to my degenerate comment - it's actually the truth. I've started to get white hairs in the past 6 months, and while I can't prove the cause, as above, I am very worried. My wife's family lived through fascism in Italy, and I've read enough, in both Italian and English, to not feel uncomfortable using that term even if it's a strong one. But, yeah, I guess it's incendiary and not appropriate here until it's in the history books. A question for you: housing and urbanism come up a lot here, and I think that's also something that's inherently political, but I don't see moves to keep it out. Without doubt, it towers over local politics in the Bay Area, and has repercussions up here in Oregon (and beyond) as you may have seen perusing my comments. I feel the level of discussion is generally better regarding those issues, and it's certainly not as partisan in nature. But it is certainly political.
  - dang 7y ago
    Thanks for the thoughtful reply David. Unfortunately I'm on a plane and am about to be told to close my laptop. Will try to come back later—but also we can discuss this via hn@ycombinator.com anytime.

That fascist is turning my hair white.

by davidw 7y ago

That fascist is turning my hair white.

dang 7y ago

I don't know why you went back on ten years' worth of advocating to keep politics off HN, but your HN posts have been getting increasingly political, increasingly partisan, and (to judge by this one) increasingly degenerate. Would you please not just stop this trend but reverse it? We badly need the senior users of this site to contribute to preserving it. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

davidw 7y ago
Hi, you're right, I'll eliminate them. My guts are tied in a knot half the time wondering what's going to happen; if this is the end of free and fair elections, and maybe the beginning of something worse (this is a good summary: https://twitter.com/willwilkinson/status/1219638176953839617 https://twitter.com/willwilkinson/status/1219638176953839617 ), and I guess that seeps through in my comments. As to my degenerate comment - it's actually the truth. I've started to get white hairs in the past 6 months, and while I can't prove the cause, as above, I am very worried. My wife's family lived through fascism in Italy, and I've read enough, in both Italian and English, to not feel uncomfortable using that term even if it's a strong one. But, yeah, I guess it's incendiary and not appropriate here until it's in the history books. A question for you: housing and urbanism come up a lot here, and I think that's also something that's inherently political, but I don't see moves to keep it out. Without doubt, it towers over local politics in the Bay Area, and has repercussions up here in Oregon (and beyond) as you may have seen perusing my comments. I feel the level of discussion is generally better regarding those issues, and it's certainly not as partisan in nature. But it is certainly political.
- dang 7y ago
  Thanks for the thoughtful reply David. Unfortunately I'm on a plane and am about to be told to close my laptop. Will try to come back later—but also we can discuss this via hn@ycombinator.com anytime.