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"FWIW", the last president declared that climate change was a hoax invented by China to make the US weaker. I don't know about "official position of any politic
by cryptoz 5y ago
"FWIW", the last president declared that climate change was a hoax invented by China to make the US weaker. I don't know about "official position of any political office" but "climate change is a hoax" (or similar) is a common position on one half of the US political divide.
- mmmpop 5y agoYou can say his name, it's not like we're going to cause him to appear if we say his name 3 times.
- mhh__ 5y agoYou do tend to get Downvoted when you say it. Depending on the thread I think it's either people annoyed that they're seeing his name at all, and people who don't like seeing their guy getting criticized, but either way the result is the same. HN does generally swing much righter than the rest of the internet, too.
- mmmpop 5y ago
- ska 5y agoPerhaps the down votes were just because you called someone out for a perfectly fine phrasing? Referring to him differently wouldn't add any value.
- mmmpop 5y ago
- ska 5y agoIf the poster has said "he-who-will-not-be-named", I'd be there right with you and say it was silly. But they just did not do that, that is something you have made happen in your head. "former president" is perfectly fine. As is "last president", or "trump", or whatever. I think the point wasn't about the specific person who had said those things so much about general level of political discourse in US around this subject...
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- dylan604 5y agoI'm still a big fan of making all elected officials wear NASCAR inspired suits with the patches of all of their corporate sponsors so we know who's actually talking when the elected person's mouth moves.
- distrill 5y agoYes, that's an example of the obvious pandering that I left room for.