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If anything, the Herman Cain Award is a place to vent frustration about the wave of reckless and irresponsible behavior perpetrated by a largely uninformed/disi

by nuerow 5y ago

If anything, the Herman Cain Award is a place to vent frustration about the wave of reckless and irresponsible behavior perpetrated by a largely uninformed/disinformed segment of the population which happens to also be highly vocal and even militant regarding their personal ill-informed beliefs. The Herman Cain Award focuses mainly on reporting cases of individuals who are eggregiously contrarian and even hostile in their self-righteous militance opposing basic health and safety measures who end up falling victims of their own actions. If anything, the subreddit documents causes and effects, and showcases the expected risks and consequences of this sort of attitude.

viridian 5y ago
If you would like, I can pull upvoted comments from the subreddit where people are bathing in the catharsis of their dead political enemies.
- nuerow 5y ago
  > (...) where people are bathing in the catharsis of their dead political enemies. Taking a vaccine is not a political issue, except to a radical bunch of anti-intellectual militants who for some reason still hold a few cognitive dissonances tied to the last election round. To put things in perspective, there are countries which already are in the high 90% of total vaccination rounds, have a residual incidence rate, and have already went back to normal, simply due to the fact that they didn't had to deal with conspiracy theorists that adopted denial as a election strategy.
ameminator 5y ago
I don't see the Herman Cain Award subreddit as a "place to vent frustration". I see it as an orgy of shadenfreud and a place to mock the dead, no matter how people try to spin it.
raxxorrax 5y ago
That is a lot of rationalization you had to go through for that judgement. I think it is a ridiculous excuse.
- nuerow 5y ago
  > That is a lot of rationalization you had to go through for that judgement. I think it is a ridiculous excuse. You need to be deep in denial and very disingenuous to refute the nature of /r/HermanCainAward or even /r/LeopardsAteMyFace. You're talking about a very niche subreddit which is dedicated to posts on radical and very vocal anti-mask/anti-vax/Covid-hoax militants views who, after a long and well documented presence on social media pushing their propaganda, end up being admitted to hospital due to covid, and in some cases even dying, from the very same issue they've been actively rejecting denying and attacking all who did not. This is the sort of militancy that gets people killed and directly contributed to worsening the effects of the pandemic, not only it's spread but also the indirect impact of having to contain new waves and having hospitals over capacity. This blend of radical anti-intellectual militancy hurts people all around. Pointing the spotlight onto these cases, where vocal militants experience the expected consequences of their actions, provides a decisive contribution to educate the public on where exactly where the disinformation ends and reality starts. It takes a very disingenuous and dishonest spin to try to make this about deaths or judgement.
  - raxxorrax 5y ago
    I disagree. Perhaps not specifically these subs but the sentiment certainly involuntarily spreads opposition and one main purpose of subs like these is to have something to feel superior about. There are many like that, maybe these aren't the worst offenders. I enjoy some of those myself from time to time, but it is what it is and has nothing to do with education and is more focused on self gratification. Just enjoy the pleasures in moderation.
    - nuerow 5y ago
      > I disagree. Perhaps not specifically these subs but the sentiment certainly involuntarily spreads opposition and one main purpose of subs like these is to have something to feel superior about. No, that's not really true at all. For a clear example, here's a link to a post from /r/HermanCainAward that popped up in /r/popular right now https://www.reddit.com/r/HermanCainAward/comments/q701sk/tired_ed_nurse_who_comes_across_these_people_daily/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HermanCainAward/comments/q701sk/tir... Every single time I stumbled upon a post from /r/HermanCainAward in /r/popular, the theme has always been the same. It's pretty much a one-trick subreddit.

by nuerow 5y ago

viridian 5y ago

If you would like, I can pull upvoted comments from the subreddit where people are bathing in the catharsis of their dead political enemies.

nuerow 5y ago
> (...) where people are bathing in the catharsis of their dead political enemies. Taking a vaccine is not a political issue, except to a radical bunch of anti-intellectual militants who for some reason still hold a few cognitive dissonances tied to the last election round. To put things in perspective, there are countries which already are in the high 90% of total vaccination rounds, have a residual incidence rate, and have already went back to normal, simply due to the fact that they didn't had to deal with conspiracy theorists that adopted denial as a election strategy.

ameminator 5y ago

I don't see the Herman Cain Award subreddit as a "place to vent frustration". I see it as an orgy of shadenfreud and a place to mock the dead, no matter how people try to spin it.

raxxorrax 5y ago

That is a lot of rationalization you had to go through for that judgement. I think it is a ridiculous excuse.

nuerow 5y ago
> That is a lot of rationalization you had to go through for that judgement. I think it is a ridiculous excuse. You need to be deep in denial and very disingenuous to refute the nature of /r/HermanCainAward or even /r/LeopardsAteMyFace. You're talking about a very niche subreddit which is dedicated to posts on radical and very vocal anti-mask/anti-vax/Covid-hoax militants views who, after a long and well documented presence on social media pushing their propaganda, end up being admitted to hospital due to covid, and in some cases even dying, from the very same issue they've been actively rejecting denying and attacking all who did not. This is the sort of militancy that gets people killed and directly contributed to worsening the effects of the pandemic, not only it's spread but also the indirect impact of having to contain new waves and having hospitals over capacity. This blend of radical anti-intellectual militancy hurts people all around. Pointing the spotlight onto these cases, where vocal militants experience the expected consequences of their actions, provides a decisive contribution to educate the public on where exactly where the disinformation ends and reality starts. It takes a very disingenuous and dishonest spin to try to make this about deaths or judgement.
- raxxorrax 5y ago
  I disagree. Perhaps not specifically these subs but the sentiment certainly involuntarily spreads opposition and one main purpose of subs like these is to have something to feel superior about. There are many like that, maybe these aren't the worst offenders. I enjoy some of those myself from time to time, but it is what it is and has nothing to do with education and is more focused on self gratification. Just enjoy the pleasures in moderation.
  - nuerow 5y ago
    > I disagree. Perhaps not specifically these subs but the sentiment certainly involuntarily spreads opposition and one main purpose of subs like these is to have something to feel superior about. No, that's not really true at all. For a clear example, here's a link to a post from /r/HermanCainAward that popped up in /r/popular right now https://www.reddit.com/r/HermanCainAward/comments/q701sk/tired_ed_nurse_who_comes_across_these_people_daily/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HermanCainAward/comments/q701sk/tir... Every single time I stumbled upon a post from /r/HermanCainAward in /r/popular, the theme has always been the same. It's pretty much a one-trick subreddit.