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I stopped reading at "would-be dictators like Trump".

k33n 6y ago
I made a similar comment. Both will be flagged and removed soon. If there's one thing HN hates, it's people who don't hate Trump. It's sort of ironic that this article purports to be "anti establishment" and then parrots a the most establishment-friendly talking point imaginable.
- Hnrobert42 6y ago
  I downvoted you, but I don’t hate you or your ideas. I just disagree with them.
  - spurgu 6y ago
    That's not what downvotes are for (unless you're on Reddit). Downvotes are for wrong or misleading comments. If something is against the rules it can be downvoted and flagged. If you disagree, just move on, ignore the comment. If you support/like a comment, upvote it. This is at least how I see it on HN. Edit: Downvoted, sigh.
    - zepto 6y ago
      See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171
    - Hnrobert42 6y ago
      That’s what I thought, too. However, that’s not what the guidelines say. I had to go read them again.
      - spurgu 6y ago
        The top comment (in the parallel reply[0]) actually seems to agree with me[1]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25333255 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25333255 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171
spurgu 6y ago
Probably going to (and should) be downvoted as well, but... while I respect republican/conservative views, how can you not see that this moron is the epitome of a shitty wannabe dictator? He's used all his power to try to falsely prove that the election was a fraud (while building up for it all summer), and failing miserably at it. He would definitely try any other viable means if could. I don't even know what his actual "policies" are (who actually knows, he just leans wherever the wind blows) but I'm hard-pressed to find a more ungenuine person (maybe because the ones beating him are actually not outright idiots). My view has nothing to do with policy/politics. The guy is just a fucking disaster - whatever text-to-speech puppet making public announcements would sound smarter and more knowledgeable.
- olah_1 6y ago
  > I don't even know what his actual "policies" are Of course you don’t. Orange man bad.
- cxf12 6y ago
  Read the Trump administrations policy views at whitehouse.gov It's right there in the open.
  - spurgu 6y ago
    Do you honestly believe he's written a single line of it himself? Those are the policies written by the party. He doesn't really care as long as people love, support and praise him.
    - zepto 6y ago
      Almost all politicians policy statements are written by other people. This fact isn’t a bad thing. Whatever your criticisms of Trump are, this isn’t a distinguishing one.
- lazyjones 6y ago
  You are resorting to cussing, you criticise that Trump is exercising his constitutionally granted right to sue when in his opinion he has been wronged and you openly admit ignorance and unwillingness to educate yourself about issues you pretend to be interested in. Why do you believe your thus uttered opinions would change someone's mind (at least in the direction you would agree with), or, at least lead to an interesting discussion? Honest question.

k33n 6y ago

I made a similar comment. Both will be flagged and removed soon. If there's one thing HN hates, it's people who don't hate Trump. It's sort of ironic that this article purports to be "anti establishment" and then parrots a the most establishment-friendly talking point imaginable.

Hnrobert42 6y ago
I downvoted you, but I don’t hate you or your ideas. I just disagree with them.
- spurgu 6y ago
  That's not what downvotes are for (unless you're on Reddit). Downvotes are for wrong or misleading comments. If something is against the rules it can be downvoted and flagged. If you disagree, just move on, ignore the comment. If you support/like a comment, upvote it. This is at least how I see it on HN. Edit: Downvoted, sigh.
  - zepto 6y ago
    See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171
  - Hnrobert42 6y ago
    That’s what I thought, too. However, that’s not what the guidelines say. I had to go read them again.
    - spurgu 6y ago
      The top comment (in the parallel reply[0]) actually seems to agree with me[1]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25333255 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25333255 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171

spurgu 6y ago

Probably going to (and should) be downvoted as well, but... while I respect republican/conservative views, how can you not see that this moron is the epitome of a shitty wannabe dictator? He's used all his power to try to falsely prove that the election was a fraud (while building up for it all summer), and failing miserably at it. He would definitely try any other viable means if could. I don't even know what his actual "policies" are (who actually knows, he just leans wherever the wind blows) but I'm hard-pressed to find a more ungenuine person (maybe because the ones beating him are actually not outright idiots). My view has nothing to do with policy/politics. The guy is just a fucking disaster - whatever text-to-speech puppet making public announcements would sound smarter and more knowledgeable.

olah_1 6y ago
> I don't even know what his actual "policies" are Of course you don’t. Orange man bad.
cxf12 6y ago
Read the Trump administrations policy views at whitehouse.gov It's right there in the open.
- spurgu 6y ago
  Do you honestly believe he's written a single line of it himself? Those are the policies written by the party. He doesn't really care as long as people love, support and praise him.
  - zepto 6y ago
    Almost all politicians policy statements are written by other people. This fact isn’t a bad thing. Whatever your criticisms of Trump are, this isn’t a distinguishing one.
lazyjones 6y ago
You are resorting to cussing, you criticise that Trump is exercising his constitutionally granted right to sue when in his opinion he has been wronged and you openly admit ignorance and unwillingness to educate yourself about issues you pretend to be interested in. Why do you believe your thus uttered opinions would change someone's mind (at least in the direction you would agree with), or, at least lead to an interesting discussion? Honest question.