5 ms·
"Nothing happens" mostly because people disagree about things. As a result, seems like a good thing that these hearings broadcast different views on these issu
by elicash 6y ago
"Nothing happens" mostly because people disagree about things.
As a result, seems like a good thing that these hearings broadcast different views on these issues so that the public can know how those views differ. Then, after knowing those views, people get to weigh in during election seasons. In this very recent election, of course, the public weighed in and likely delivered divided government, so we can expect some changes but nothing transformative.
I don't think show hearings are necessarily bad. They can serve a valuable purpose, so long as they aren't the only thing being done.
- Aunche 6y agoIf the Senators spent their time asking meaningful questions that don't know the answer to rather than grandstanding, they might be able to find something they can mutually agree on.
- javert 6y agoThey are behaving based on what they are rewarded for. Almost all of these people will be re-elected. We need to break out of the GOP/Dem stranglehold if we want to change this behavior. That stranglehold is not desired by the electorate and is also not up for a vote.
- hvdfhbj 6y agoAnd if footballers could just stop struggling against one another then maybe they could all agree on which direction the ball should go. There's no room for agreement here. The sides are Republicans: stop censoring us Democrats: please censor Republicans even more
- dang 6y agoCould you please not use HN for political and ideological battle? You've posted dozens of such comments already. We ban that kind of account because doing that destroys the curious conversation that the site is supposed to be for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of HN to heart, we'd appreciate it. Edit: actually you've broken the site guidelines so repeatedly and so badly already that I think we need to ban this account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future.
- AssassinDuck 6y agoI love your characterization of the Republican party as just honest people who get censored by the big bad censoring Democrats. Let's take this election for example. Republican leaders and officials have jumped on the misinformation train and are now peddling unfounded claims of election and voter fraud. Twitter keeps suppressing those tweets and tagging them as fake, this in turn makes the Republicans mad because they can't spread what they see as reality. Ignoring the fact that Republicans are the source of most of the misinformation you see online right now might make it seem like they are being censored, but in reality it's just cleaning up what can only be described as dishonest, anti-democratic and delusional lying.
- dang 6y agoPlease do not use HN for ideological and political battle. We ban such accounts, as I just described upthread. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- AssassinDuck 6y agoI see, i apologize.
- Dirlewanger 6y agoThis is Zuck's 3rd time doing this. His first time was 2 years ago. What meaningful legislation, if any, has been introduced/passed since then? Congress is full of decrepit baby boomers that don't know/don't care to know shit about technology.
- efitz 6y agoRight now with a split Congress, no legislation is getting passed if it is in any way controversial. Lack of progress has little to do with technology awareness and much to do with partisanship, e.g. "not wanting to give the other side a win".
- proc0 6y agoNothing happens because there is a side that lies and has a hidden agenda. If everyone was honest this wouldn't be a problem to begin with.