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I agree that political generalizations often do a disservice to people on both sides, who often have their views caricaturized. When you say don't "make... poli
by jshevek 6y ago
I agree that political generalizations often do a disservice to people on both sides, who often have their views caricaturized. When you say don't "make... political" do you agree that the cultural trends exist and are worthy of discussion in a conversation about handling the disease?
- ineedasername 6y agoI think those are relevant topics of conversation. However, in the context of this discussion thread and the claim of "we won" over the virus, there wasn't previously a "left/right" framing of the issue. Adding it only after we were a few layers deep into the thread was unnecessary to the discussion of whether or not we had achieved victory over the virus. It's problematic because it also didn't seem an accurate characterization of of opinion trends, which shouldn't have mattered one way or another in the conversation. But my opinion that it wasn't an accurate characterization should not have been an issue in this thread at all: The introduction of politics derailed the discussion from one about progress against the virus to political rather than factual motivation for our opinions. Had the thread started out differently I wouldn't see that as much of a problem, though I think the introduction of political ideology into conversation on HN is often counter productive in general.
- jshevek 6y agoThank you for clarifying, and so thoroughly as well. I suspected that this was the case. I was just curious because the line I referenced could have a range of interpretations. Thanks.