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Antagonism and scapegoating of The Other was, and is, currently the playbook of the democrats at the moment. They don’t have a monopoly on it, but they’re way m

Antagonism and scapegoating of The Other was, and is, currently the playbook of the democrats at the moment. They don’t have a monopoly on it, but they’re way more guilty of this. It just doesn’t seem like it, because you haven’t heard the other side of the story, and haven’t realized how much has been a total lie from the left. Everyone believes it all, uncritically, for the same reason they dismissed the lab leak. Folks reflecting on this and saying, what else did we have completely wrong are asking the right question. Folks who think this was a one off, well, it absolutely wasn’t. I doubt there is even a single “MAGA” person on HN, but you folks like to throw that epithet around to shut down dialog. It’s shameful. And nobody needs to distance themselves from anyone. If you make a false association, that’s your fault, not theirs. Judge them on what they actually do and say, not on what you (incorrectly) assume they might think.

knowaveragejoe 5y ago
> Antagonism and scapegoating of The Other was, and is, currently the playbook of the democrats at the moment. They don’t have a monopoly on it, but they’re way more guilty of this. It just doesn’t seem like it, because you haven’t heard the other side of the story, and haven’t realized how much has been a total lie from the left. I go out of my way to try to understand what conservative punditry has to say on a given subject. You might be conflating the terminally online left with the much larger and more diverse Democrat party as a whole. Contrast with the GOP, whom with very few exceptions has fully signed on with Trumpism & embraced the sort of ignorant, economically illiterate and frankly insane beliefs that entails. Maybe it's survivorship bias, because anyone with a principled conservative bone in their body has already distanced themselves from the GOP over the last 4 years. There are absolutely "MAGA" people on HN, in this case salivating over the opportunity to claim Trump was right about something, anything at all(as though it vindicates them or proves something in general, let alone in this case).
- dang 5y ago
  We've banned this account for using HN primarily for political/ideological battle. That's against the HN guidelines because it destroys the intended purpose of the site—and for that reason, we ban accounts that do it, regardless of which politics/ideology they're battling for. We already asked you not to do this once, and as far as I can tell you've done nothing but flamewar ever since. Not cool. 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. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- lawnchair_larry 5y ago
  > I go out of my way to try to understand what conservative punditry has to say on a given subject. > Contrast with the GOP, whom with very few exceptions has fully signed on with Trumpism & embraced the sort of ignorant, economically illiterate and frankly insane beliefs that entails. Maybe it's survivorship bias, because anyone with a principled conservative bone in their body has already distanced themselves from the GOP over the last 4 years. Guess you need to try harder, because you couldn't be more wrong. We are definitely watching two different movies. Also, saying Trump was right about something isn't anything close to being a MAGA people. That thinking is precisely the problem.
  - dang 5y ago
    We've banned this account for using HN primarily for political/ideological battle. That's against the HN guidelines because it destroys the intended purpose of the site—and for that reason, we ban accounts that do it, regardless of which politics/ideology they're battling for. We've asked you not to do this many times and you've ignored our requests. Not cool. 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. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

knowaveragejoe 5y ago

> Antagonism and scapegoating of The Other was, and is, currently the playbook of the democrats at the moment. They don’t have a monopoly on it, but they’re way more guilty of this. It just doesn’t seem like it, because you haven’t heard the other side of the story, and haven’t realized how much has been a total lie from the left. I go out of my way to try to understand what conservative punditry has to say on a given subject. You might be conflating the terminally online left with the much larger and more diverse Democrat party as a whole. Contrast with the GOP, whom with very few exceptions has fully signed on with Trumpism & embraced the sort of ignorant, economically illiterate and frankly insane beliefs that entails. Maybe it's survivorship bias, because anyone with a principled conservative bone in their body has already distanced themselves from the GOP over the last 4 years. There are absolutely "MAGA" people on HN, in this case salivating over the opportunity to claim Trump was right about something, anything at all(as though it vindicates them or proves something in general, let alone in this case).

dang 5y ago
We've banned this account for using HN primarily for political/ideological battle. That's against the HN guidelines because it destroys the intended purpose of the site—and for that reason, we ban accounts that do it, regardless of which politics/ideology they're battling for. We already asked you not to do this once, and as far as I can tell you've done nothing but flamewar ever since. Not cool. 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. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
lawnchair_larry 5y ago
> I go out of my way to try to understand what conservative punditry has to say on a given subject. > Contrast with the GOP, whom with very few exceptions has fully signed on with Trumpism & embraced the sort of ignorant, economically illiterate and frankly insane beliefs that entails. Maybe it's survivorship bias, because anyone with a principled conservative bone in their body has already distanced themselves from the GOP over the last 4 years. Guess you need to try harder, because you couldn't be more wrong. We are definitely watching two different movies. Also, saying Trump was right about something isn't anything close to being a MAGA people. That thinking is precisely the problem.
- dang 5y ago
  We've banned this account for using HN primarily for political/ideological battle. That's against the HN guidelines because it destroys the intended purpose of the site—and for that reason, we ban accounts that do it, regardless of which politics/ideology they're battling for. We've asked you not to do this many times and you've ignored our requests. Not cool. 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. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.