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Ah, got it. Someone doesn’t pass your arbitrary purity test so we should ignore everything they have to say? What he built is really cool and exactly the reaso

Ah, got it. Someone doesn’t pass your arbitrary purity test so we should ignore everything they have to say? What he built is really cool and exactly the reason I come to HN. I don’t care at all about his or your lame politics in this context and your post is inappropriate. As a side note, I find it hilarious that you think that the tweet you “discovered” was so offensive that he would take it down so you posted a screenshot.

woodruffw 5y ago
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- cato_the_elder 5y ago
  > It's both reasonable and good to hold him to a higher standard. Even if your "standard" was something reasonable, the appropriate venue for gathering a mob is Twitter, not HN.
  - woodruffw 5y ago
rosndo 5y ago
The title is “Congressman Massie’s homebrew powerewall built from a wrecked Model S”, not “Homebrew powerwall built from a wrecked Model S”. Given that, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to discuss his politics?
- bequanna 5y ago
  What is with this compulsion some people have to categorize people based on their political leanings? God forbid you ever utter something someone with a bunch of followers will interpret as wrongthink.
  - rosndo 5y ago
    > What is with this compulsion some people have to categorize people based on their political leanings? This isn’t “people”, but a politician. If him being a politician isn’t important, why is “Congressman” the first word in the title? This isn’t “Hey, check out this guys cool DIY project!”, but “Hey, check out this politicians cool DIY project!”. In that context it totally makes sense to point out that this politician who builds cool stuff isn’t necessarily a good guy. I agree that in the general case it would be weird to dig this stuff up, but not in these particular circumstances.
    - bequanna 5y ago
      > it totally makes sense to point out that this politician who builds cool stuff isn’t necessarily a good guy. Ok, and you're doing this why? To "save" the rest of us from being corrupted by this bad man? No. You're doing this purely to redirect the conversation toward yourself and what you think is right or wrong. Obvious, shameless attention seeking. That is boring and has no place here, IMO.
      - rosndo 5y ago
        > Ok, and you're doing this why? To "save" the rest of us from being corrupted by this bad man? I’m not doing that. I’m just explaining why it’s okay and perfectly on-topic. > No. You're doing this purely to redirect the conversation toward yourself and what you think is right or wrong. I think exactly the same criticism could be applied to your comments here. I think that mostly proves it to be a rather empty one.

woodruffw 5y ago

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cato_the_elder 5y ago
> It's both reasonable and good to hold him to a higher standard. Even if your "standard" was something reasonable, the appropriate venue for gathering a mob is Twitter, not HN.
- woodruffw 5y ago

rosndo 5y ago

The title is “Congressman Massie’s homebrew powerewall built from a wrecked Model S”, not “Homebrew powerwall built from a wrecked Model S”. Given that, it doesn’t seem unreasonable to discuss his politics?

bequanna 5y ago
What is with this compulsion some people have to categorize people based on their political leanings? God forbid you ever utter something someone with a bunch of followers will interpret as wrongthink.
- rosndo 5y ago
  > What is with this compulsion some people have to categorize people based on their political leanings? This isn’t “people”, but a politician. If him being a politician isn’t important, why is “Congressman” the first word in the title? This isn’t “Hey, check out this guys cool DIY project!”, but “Hey, check out this politicians cool DIY project!”. In that context it totally makes sense to point out that this politician who builds cool stuff isn’t necessarily a good guy. I agree that in the general case it would be weird to dig this stuff up, but not in these particular circumstances.
  - bequanna 5y ago
    > it totally makes sense to point out that this politician who builds cool stuff isn’t necessarily a good guy. Ok, and you're doing this why? To "save" the rest of us from being corrupted by this bad man? No. You're doing this purely to redirect the conversation toward yourself and what you think is right or wrong. Obvious, shameless attention seeking. That is boring and has no place here, IMO.
    - rosndo 5y ago
      > Ok, and you're doing this why? To "save" the rest of us from being corrupted by this bad man? I’m not doing that. I’m just explaining why it’s okay and perfectly on-topic. > No. You're doing this purely to redirect the conversation toward yourself and what you think is right or wrong. I think exactly the same criticism could be applied to your comments here. I think that mostly proves it to be a rather empty one.