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Boy do I wish there was a place to discuss politics in a dispassionate way. I find these events fascinating from a historical and sociological point of view. It
by ceilingcorner 6y ago
Boy do I wish there was a place to discuss politics in a dispassionate way. I find these events fascinating from a historical and sociological point of view. It really is history in the making.
HN is pretty good at this when it comes to other topics, when when it turns political, everyone pulls out their partisan membership card.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y agoFor those of us who have to live in a nation that used to be solidly small-d democratic and seems to be trending in a different direction, it can be hard to be dispassionate about these issues. If you want a forum in which to dryly discuss momentous events, you might be looking for one that contains no one affected by those events.
- ceilingcorner 6y agoI am American, but thanks for your sanctimonious dismissal. Discussing political events in a rational manner will never be a bad thing.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y agoI didn't say it was bad, I said it was difficult for many. My advice applies to anyone seeking dispassionate discourse on current events, no matter their background. It will be difficult to find such conversation among people affected by the events. That's all.
- ceilingcorner 6y agoFair enough. Sorry if my reply was too hostile.
- im3w1l 6y agoThe curse of politics is that as soon as any place for discussing it gets a reputation as being trustworthy, it becomes a valuable target to take over, sabotage or smear.
- dredmorbius 6y agoHN has difficulty with issues that approach questions of identity or livelihood, including matters of privacy, surveillance, technical tools, policies at or concerning specific tech companies or sectors, regulation of the tech industry, and policies of or concerning tech hubs, notably Silicon Valley / Northern California, NYC, Seattle, Austen, and other regions. As well as spillover from other regional disputes, notably in recent years China, India, and Russia and environs.
- sneak 6y agoFWIW, I am aggressively anti-partisan-duckspeak. I even wrote about it on my blog. I know it's just anecdotal, but I think it's valuable to say that the loudest aren't a fully representative sample.
- mFixman 6y agoI don't think it's possible to join politics with upvote ranking systems. All Internet forums are either too small and cliquish for people to have different opinions, or large enough to have snack rise to the top over actual analysis. Is there a general political discussion group in the Internet that's both unbiased and high quality? I cannot think of a single one.