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At least some of this is because Andrew Lee is a supporter of Donald Trump and this rubs some people the wrong way.
by fapjacks 5y ago
At least some of this is because Andrew Lee is a supporter of Donald Trump and this rubs some people the wrong way.
- genmud 5y agoIs it supporting Trump which rubs people the wrong way, or that Trump supporters generally rub people the wrong way. I know its a bit of semantics but I have found that many (if not most) of the loud and proud DT supporters are incredibly irritating. I find them just as bad or worse than the hyper politically correct/SJW crowd.
- fapjacks 5y agoI think we are exposed to the loudest and most annoying of these groups by media that has every incentive to showcase the nutjobs for clicks, and so this is what we remember, even though most people aren't this way.
- dang 5y agoPlease don't take HN threads into partisan flamewar. Nothing good can come of this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- fapjacks 5y agoHowever this is a statement of fact, not partisanship on my part. How do you suggest someone say this in a more neutral fashion? You can see some of the comments in #libera on the new network, and here is one of the staffers saying it in their resignation letter: https://web.archive.org/web/20210520142350/https://blog.bofh.it/debian/id_461 https://web.archive.org/web/20210520142350/https://blog.bofh...