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You know, I've thought this same thing for a while now. I'm an immigrant to the USA and I've traveled extensively. All these woke folks that try to make it seem

You know, I've thought this same thing for a while now. I'm an immigrant to the USA and I've traveled extensively. All these woke folks that try to make it seem like America is the world's most racist hellhole crack me up. They're clearly the kinds of Americans who never got passports.

jonnybgood 5y ago
This is really odd comment. It seems you’re saying because it’s not the most racist hellhole, Americans have nothing to complain about. It’s my understanding that the reason America is not the most racist hellhole is because of these “woke folks”.
- refurb 5y ago
  No, he's saying the people claiming the US is a "racist hellhole" don't know what a racist hellhole actually is.
- AnimalMuppet 5y ago
  OK, but "these woke folks" don't say that we've come a long way from the 1950s or 1850s. They sound like we're still a nation that has legal slavery. I'm not saying that they should settle for where we are now. No, we need people who keep pushing us to make good on the check that Jefferson wrote when he said that "all men are created equal". But when you talk as if we've made no progress, people who are at least nominally on your side are going to start tuning you out. That may not be good strategy...
zokula 5y ago
Says the person who never had guns drawn on them just for their skin color.
- zzzzzzzza 5y ago
  i'm white and american and a cop (also white) has pulled a gun on me in a routine traffic stop for going slightly over the speed limit. i wouldn't automatically assume that someone is drawing a gun on you because of your skin color (though of course your situation may have been different, but if you are that traumatized by it... maybe america will be a less racist place if you move away)
  - whynaut 5y ago
    that last sentence comes off extremely rude
  - dang 5y ago
    If you post another personal attack to HN, we will ban you. We had to warn you about this just recently. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - zzzzzzzza 5y ago
      i am sorry i will try to reflect on my negativity recently dang :P
      - dang 5y ago
        Appreciated! Btw, we all, save maybe a few enlightened ones, have negativity to reflect on. Probably the enlightened ones do too. The goal isn't to get rid of negativity—that's would be setting the bar far too high. We just want to prevent negative swipes from making it into the comments here. You can take care of that via the 'edit' link after you post; that's what I do. You can also set 'delay' in your profile if you want time to review your comment before it gets seen; I do that too.
- dang 5y ago
  Please do not take HN threads further into generic ideological flamewar. It's tedious, repetitive, and nasty. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
dang 5y ago
Please do not take HN threads further into generic ideological flamewar. It's tedious, repetitive, and nasty. The comment you replied to was on the right side of the line, while yours pushed the thread into hell. Not cool. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: it also seems like your account is on the border of using HN primarily for political/ideological battle. That's the line at which we ban accounts, because it's the line at which they start being destructive of the site. If you'd please fix this, and use HN as intended (for intellectual curiosity and thoughtful conversation), we'd appreciate it. https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=primarily%20test%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

jonnybgood 5y ago

This is really odd comment. It seems you’re saying because it’s not the most racist hellhole, Americans have nothing to complain about. It’s my understanding that the reason America is not the most racist hellhole is because of these “woke folks”.

refurb 5y ago
No, he's saying the people claiming the US is a "racist hellhole" don't know what a racist hellhole actually is.
AnimalMuppet 5y ago
OK, but "these woke folks" don't say that we've come a long way from the 1950s or 1850s. They sound like we're still a nation that has legal slavery. I'm not saying that they should settle for where we are now. No, we need people who keep pushing us to make good on the check that Jefferson wrote when he said that "all men are created equal". But when you talk as if we've made no progress, people who are at least nominally on your side are going to start tuning you out. That may not be good strategy...

zokula 5y ago

Says the person who never had guns drawn on them just for their skin color.

zzzzzzzza 5y ago
i'm white and american and a cop (also white) has pulled a gun on me in a routine traffic stop for going slightly over the speed limit. i wouldn't automatically assume that someone is drawing a gun on you because of your skin color (though of course your situation may have been different, but if you are that traumatized by it... maybe america will be a less racist place if you move away)
- whynaut 5y ago
  that last sentence comes off extremely rude
- dang 5y ago
  If you post another personal attack to HN, we will ban you. We had to warn you about this just recently. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - zzzzzzzza 5y ago
    i am sorry i will try to reflect on my negativity recently dang :P
    - dang 5y ago
      Appreciated! Btw, we all, save maybe a few enlightened ones, have negativity to reflect on. Probably the enlightened ones do too. The goal isn't to get rid of negativity—that's would be setting the bar far too high. We just want to prevent negative swipes from making it into the comments here. You can take care of that via the 'edit' link after you post; that's what I do. You can also set 'delay' in your profile if you want time to review your comment before it gets seen; I do that too.
dang 5y ago
Please do not take HN threads further into generic ideological flamewar. It's tedious, repetitive, and nasty. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

dang 5y ago

Please do not take HN threads further into generic ideological flamewar. It's tedious, repetitive, and nasty. The comment you replied to was on the right side of the line, while yours pushed the thread into hell. Not cool. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: it also seems like your account is on the border of using HN primarily for political/ideological battle. That's the line at which we ban accounts, because it's the line at which they start being destructive of the site. If you'd please fix this, and use HN as intended (for intellectual curiosity and thoughtful conversation), we'd appreciate it. https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0&query=primarily%20test%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme... https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html