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I didn't even think about the possible similarity until you pointed it out. Perhaps it's just that I'm not letting politics take over my life.

DagAgren 6y ago
That's great. That means that current politics aren't focused on making your life worse, or making you feel unwelcome. That means things are pretty good for you. This is not the case for every one else. For many people, "Make America great again" is the slogan of people who hate you, who don't think you belong in your home, or who might even want you literally dead. For them, it's not great hearing that phrase used as a joke. The fact that this does not apply to you, personally, is not a reason to dismiss them.
- RandomBacon 6y ago
  > politics aren't focused on making your life worse, or making you feel unwelcome. Oh they are, I just prefer to focus on good things rather than bad things. > things are pretty good for you. Things are pretty good for me, but it's not because of politics. I'm not refuting your generalization about the slogan and how some people perceive it. It's definitely not good that we're in a situation where this is happening. Please be very careful about assuming things about other people, else you will fall into the same trap as people of hate. I never indicated that the slogan and its background don't apply to me, and I'm not dismissing it. I don't want this to become an arguement or be dismissive of anyone's views, I just want to make sure that people don't drag politics into a place where it doesn't belong, and not to make bad assumptions which don't help at all.
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  - DagAgren 6y ago
    > Oh they are, I just prefer to focus on good things rather than bad things. If you can afford not to focus on them, then trust me, they are absolutely not focused on doing that. Your experiences is very different from those who are actually suffering from them. > Things are pretty good for me, but it's not because of politics. Only because you class those things that go in your favour as "not politics" and only those that challenge your position as "politics".
- dang 6y ago
  Please don't take HN threads further into political flamewar. It's not what this site is for, and this is extremely off topic no matter how right you are.
  - DagAgren 6y ago
    I know, this site is for having horrible political opinions and never being challenged on them because that is a "flamewar".

DagAgren 6y ago

That's great. That means that current politics aren't focused on making your life worse, or making you feel unwelcome. That means things are pretty good for you. This is not the case for every one else. For many people, "Make America great again" is the slogan of people who hate you, who don't think you belong in your home, or who might even want you literally dead. For them, it's not great hearing that phrase used as a joke. The fact that this does not apply to you, personally, is not a reason to dismiss them.

RandomBacon 6y ago
> politics aren't focused on making your life worse, or making you feel unwelcome. Oh they are, I just prefer to focus on good things rather than bad things. > things are pretty good for you. Things are pretty good for me, but it's not because of politics. I'm not refuting your generalization about the slogan and how some people perceive it. It's definitely not good that we're in a situation where this is happening. Please be very careful about assuming things about other people, else you will fall into the same trap as people of hate. I never indicated that the slogan and its background don't apply to me, and I'm not dismissing it. I don't want this to become an arguement or be dismissive of anyone's views, I just want to make sure that people don't drag politics into a place where it doesn't belong, and not to make bad assumptions which don't help at all.
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- DagAgren 6y ago
  > Oh they are, I just prefer to focus on good things rather than bad things. If you can afford not to focus on them, then trust me, they are absolutely not focused on doing that. Your experiences is very different from those who are actually suffering from them. > Things are pretty good for me, but it's not because of politics. Only because you class those things that go in your favour as "not politics" and only those that challenge your position as "politics".
dang 6y ago
Please don't take HN threads further into political flamewar. It's not what this site is for, and this is extremely off topic no matter how right you are.
- DagAgren 6y ago
  I know, this site is for having horrible political opinions and never being challenged on them because that is a "flamewar".