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I've commented on HN, mainly on controversial threads, for years. This is establishing status quo. When we are discussing an unprecedented ability to freeze use

I've commented on HN, mainly on controversial threads, for years. This is establishing status quo. When we are discussing an unprecedented ability to freeze users out of the financial system -- which the article accurately describes as a threat to constitutional democracy -- and someone claims that their PM isn't a dictator, their other dictatorial actions become relevant.

cldellow 5y ago
I didn't claim he wasn't a dictator. I claimed comparing him to Stalin, Mao and Hitler was bizarre. I still think that's bizarre, although I credit that some people may disagree sincerely. For me, it's bizarre because I think Stalin, Mao and Hitler are primarily known for being totalitarian rulers who each are responsible for the deaths of millions to tens of millions of people. Trudeau, on the other hand, recently won re-election in what is generally accepted to have been a free and fair election and which was, in large part, a referendum on his handling of the coronavirus. This is relevant because his invocation of the Emergencies Act is related to protests about how he has handled coronavirus. Even so, his invocation of the Emergencies Act was successful only because, in a minority parliament, he convinced another party to support him. Additionally, Doug Ford, a provincial premier of a third, different, party requested him to invoke it. That's just... not dictatorial, totalitarian or mass murder-y to me. And again, I say this as someone who does not like Trudeau, does not generally like the Liberal party, and has never supported them.
dang 5y ago
Using HN primarily for political and/or ideological battle is actually a line at which we ban accounts, so please don't do that. Past explanations of why we have that rule: 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://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20bimodal%20battle&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

cldellow 5y ago

I didn't claim he wasn't a dictator. I claimed comparing him to Stalin, Mao and Hitler was bizarre. I still think that's bizarre, although I credit that some people may disagree sincerely. For me, it's bizarre because I think Stalin, Mao and Hitler are primarily known for being totalitarian rulers who each are responsible for the deaths of millions to tens of millions of people. Trudeau, on the other hand, recently won re-election in what is generally accepted to have been a free and fair election and which was, in large part, a referendum on his handling of the coronavirus. This is relevant because his invocation of the Emergencies Act is related to protests about how he has handled coronavirus. Even so, his invocation of the Emergencies Act was successful only because, in a minority parliament, he convinced another party to support him. Additionally, Doug Ford, a provincial premier of a third, different, party requested him to invoke it. That's just... not dictatorial, totalitarian or mass murder-y to me. And again, I say this as someone who does not like Trudeau, does not generally like the Liberal party, and has never supported them.

dang 5y ago

Using HN primarily for political and/or ideological battle is actually a line at which we ban accounts, so please don't do that. Past explanations of why we have that rule: 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://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20bimodal%20battle&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...