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There are a lot of trump supporters on hacker news. Have no idea why.
by empath75 7y ago
There are a lot of trump supporters on hacker news. Have no idea why.
- Mountain_Skies 7y agoThe downvote button here has much less power here than it does on Reddit.
- ajross 7y agoThere are a lot of reflexively partisan Trump supporters, more precisely. It's routine to find fairly reasonable partisan discussions, with facts on both sides, reasonably broad participation, etc... Yet see that one "side" is grayed out. This is a serious problem, and while I'm sure someone will disagree, it seems almost completely asymmetric to me. There's an army of centipedes, as it were, poisoning the discourse here with vote buttons and not arguments.
- burfog 7y agoI don't see how it is possible for both sides to be grayed out if, as you say, one side isn't presenting arguments. With no arguments you can't get grayed out. You can't even be sure it is Trump supporters doing the voting and flagging. Maybe some of the anti-Trump people don't want flamebait. The rules here are that you aren't supposed to use the site for political battle. One side is unafraid to openly express political hostility. The other side is silent. That should tell you who is afraid to express an opinion. Imagine if Trump supporters did come here and make equally partisan comments, gloating about how Trump is the most capable person for handling the crisis and how he has done a fantastic job. Those comments would be well beyond gray in less than an hour. They would be [flagged][dead] and the users might even be banned. (don't test it now, days later in an aging thread)
- xenospn 7y agoSame reason there are libertarians here. Not much life experience and too much Reddit.
- jrs95 7y agoIt's a lower proportion than the general population so I don't know why it would be particularly surprising. You have to realize nearly half the country has a favorable opinion of him as President.
- mrfusion 7y agoI’m a facts supporter. I don’t subscribe to either party blindly.
- dwaltrip 7y agoLike 45% of the country supports him, and plenty of such folks have interests related to HN topics. As much as I despise Trump, this is the simple reality.
- pstuart 7y agoEven intelligent people can become cult members. While I understand it in an intellectual capacity, it still blows my mind.
- dwaltrip 7y agoIt's a good reminder to be skeptical of our own beliefs and ways of thinking. Foolish thoughts, tribal biases, and motivated reasoning -- to name just a few distortions of reality -- are things that every human experiences. I like to think is possible to get better at it. For me, things like meditation help, as the ego is often a main hindrance.
- brrrrr1 7y agoJust because someone works with tech it doesnt mean they are bright. Glad that now the HN lot is showing its true identity.
- spectramax 7y agoDang, can you please look at this account, spewing extremely rude comments. Flagged.