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> you lunatics More than a half of them didn't (assuming you're addressing the American people), I find this comment needlessly inflammatory.

by Kuraj 6y ago

ajarmst 6y ago
Ah, good. Just what the rest of the world needs. A lecture from an American about being needlessly inflammatory.
- Kuraj 6y ago
  I'm neither American or pro-Trump, though looking back I see why I might have been perceived that way.
  - ajarmst 6y ago
    I have to admit grabbing an easy joke at your expense, which feels a bit petty in retrospect.
    - Kuraj 6y ago
      No harm done.
bradknowles 6y ago
In defense of ajarmst, I voted for someone else in both elections. However, the seriously broken political system that put him in power is the fault of all Americans who don’t work to fix it. So, yeah — by this standard, all Americans are lunatics, because we allowed the system to put the angry orange cheetoh in power.
ajarmst 6y ago
I come to this site to avoid the would-be-funny-if-it-wasn't-part-of-a-process-leading-to-our-extinction factional raging in social media, so apologies to all. However, as my use of the term 'lunatic' is being judged inappropriate and I have a normal amount of insecurity, I feel a need to respond. And, of course, if you can't indulge in a bit of pedantry, it just wouldn't be Hacker News. Thus: No. not more than half of them. No more than about 30 percent did anything at all to prevent it. A similar number actively tried to make it happen, the reminder were spread amongst 'don't care', 'sounds like too much work' and 'fuck all y'all'. It was very slightly better but pretty similar results this week (and we won't even mention the Senate...). So an opinion that the median American is some combination of vicious, stupid, lazy, dangerous or crazy may be inflammatory, but it is certainly evidence-based.
- cmurf 6y ago
  Add infantilization to your list, please. America's sins aren't unique, but Americans are fairly unique in demanding that they shouldn't have to confront those sins. That's for people of color to do, every day, disproportionately shouldering the burden of American's demand for innocence. It's like white Americans insist on being children, needing and deserving to be emotionally coddled instead of being told to grow up.

> you lunatics More than a half of them didn't (assuming you're addressing the American people), I find this comment needlessly inflammatory.

by Kuraj 6y ago

> you lunatics More than a half of them didn't (assuming you're addressing the American people), I find this comment needlessly inflammatory.

ajarmst 6y ago

Ah, good. Just what the rest of the world needs. A lecture from an American about being needlessly inflammatory.

Kuraj 6y ago
I'm neither American or pro-Trump, though looking back I see why I might have been perceived that way.
- ajarmst 6y ago
  I have to admit grabbing an easy joke at your expense, which feels a bit petty in retrospect.
  - Kuraj 6y ago
    No harm done.

bradknowles 6y ago

In defense of ajarmst, I voted for someone else in both elections. However, the seriously broken political system that put him in power is the fault of all Americans who don’t work to fix it. So, yeah — by this standard, all Americans are lunatics, because we allowed the system to put the angry orange cheetoh in power.

ajarmst 6y ago

I come to this site to avoid the would-be-funny-if-it-wasn't-part-of-a-process-leading-to-our-extinction factional raging in social media, so apologies to all. However, as my use of the term 'lunatic' is being judged inappropriate and I have a normal amount of insecurity, I feel a need to respond. And, of course, if you can't indulge in a bit of pedantry, it just wouldn't be Hacker News. Thus: No. not more than half of them. No more than about 30 percent did anything at all to prevent it. A similar number actively tried to make it happen, the reminder were spread amongst 'don't care', 'sounds like too much work' and 'fuck all y'all'. It was very slightly better but pretty similar results this week (and we won't even mention the Senate...). So an opinion that the median American is some combination of vicious, stupid, lazy, dangerous or crazy may be inflammatory, but it is certainly evidence-based.

cmurf 6y ago
Add infantilization to your list, please. America's sins aren't unique, but Americans are fairly unique in demanding that they shouldn't have to confront those sins. That's for people of color to do, every day, disproportionately shouldering the burden of American's demand for innocence. It's like white Americans insist on being children, needing and deserving to be emotionally coddled instead of being told to grow up.