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> Or Donald Trump: “Without passion, you don’t have energy. Without energy, you have nothing.” He doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who is passionate about
by ASalazarMX 7y ago
> Or Donald Trump: “Without passion, you don’t have energy. Without energy, you have nothing.”
He doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who is passionate about his job.
- dang 7y agoLet's not have political flamebait here please. That leads away from intellectually curious conversation, which is what we want on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- crispinb 7y agoGiven that the 45 quote came directly from the article in question, this strikes me as a tad unreasonable in this case. At the very least, the 45 reference could quite reasonably lead to interrogation of the article author's superficial concept of 'success' (regardless of one's politics).
- OJFord 7y agoI think commenting on a politician's character or personality is 'political flamebait' whatever quote from the article it's placed under.
- crispinb 7y agoEven if it's a response to that politician's own statement specifically commenting on questions of character? I really can't agree - distinguishing between 'political flamebait' and 'reflexively tugging the forelock to those in authority' clearly requires judgement, but the line isn't quite that fine.
- wpietri 7y agoThat could be true. But refusing to allow negative points, however accurate, about powerful people is a very strong political action.
- dang 7y agoOn the internet, alas, "could quite reasonably" translates to "probably won't". It's similar to Jerry Weinberg's point about the s-word ("should") translating to "isn't". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22537631 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22537631
- crispinb 7y agoSure, but there's a risk of self-fulfilling prophecy if we're on too much of a hair trigger. In this case it wasn't as if the comment was either unrelated to the submission, or particularly inflammatory. A matter of judgement, of course. Probably enough said on that.
- dang 7y agoThe psychology of Donald Trump is no small trigger.