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I agree the wording may sound agressive but the meaning is stiln the same: Most outlets and people who criticized trump in the name of being more "reasonable"
by mam2 6y ago
I agree the wording may sound agressive but the meaning is stiln the same:
Most outlets and people who criticized trump in the name of being more "reasonable" or "presidential" or more "intelligent" ended behaving with the same tribalism and arrogance by insulting and laughing at his user base. To the point of not even realizing that by fighting and insulting him, they were alienating their user base more than it was already and actually helping him being elected.
Thats what i wanted to point out with they got what they deserved: democrats and media arrogantly thinking they were "so smart" but having stances that gave the opposite result. In the end trump was the only one openly owning completly a "tribal" behavior, the only one not hypocritical about that, and probably the only one who knew what he was doing.
P.s. Policing words and arguments on a forum like here or reddit is the same essence: you think you improve the level of the debate but actually people who stay are all the same polite makov chains that doesnt want to offend each other and agree, and the angry disagreeing ones just leave to the_donald or the manosphere. So much for improvement..
Fight and provocation are good and should be in the open. Its the only think that make people move. Read about how the google culture when it started.
- dang 6y agoYou can't compare the google culture when it started, which was a tiny group of people engaged in intensely bonding activities (in more ways than one!) to an online community of millions of people who have basically no relationship with each other. Fight and provocation strengthen community in the former case, and destroy community in the latter. I've posted about this many times. A partly-related comment from today is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25130956 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25130956. An earlier one is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24620683 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24620683 and there are links to a bunch more explanations. If you read those, and still have a question that isn't answered by them, I'd be curious to know what it is.
- mam2 6y agoI think your arguments in linked posts are reasonable for a tech forum. I am not so convinced of their relevance for political discussion, especially american politics where being "nice" versus "confrontational" has almost been an implicit political stance for democrats versus republicans in the campaigns, and one which could almost entirely explains Trumps popularity. Political discussions will always messy and confrontational because its about real people issues.. Only rich and priviledged people can afford being nice about it because they dont care. Maybe you should just ban the political discussions altogether on HN if you want to avoid the drama.. no one will blame you