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Interesting phenomenon I’ve noticed: Any thread on HN related to unions soon gets newly created accounts arriving to spread anti-union FUD talking points.
by djrobstep 4y ago
Interesting phenomenon I’ve noticed: Any thread on HN related to unions soon gets newly created accounts arriving to spread anti-union FUD talking points.
- NikolaNovak 4y agoRight; It's not because anybody in any forum bringing up any dissenting points, immediately gets downvoted and called (and I quote from this thread) "classic anti-union scaremongering propagandist shill" and worse. No, it is definitely an anti-union conspiracy, and we are all definitely willing to discuss all sides of a contentious issue. /s For what it's worth, I've been on Hacker News for many years, and it is against my better judgment to comment on this topic with my ID and name. Just look in this thread to the one-line reaction posts; turn on the "see dead posts" and check out how quickly opposing opinions are downvoted and flagged; and put yourself in position of anybody having even a slightly dissenting opinion or wanting to present both sides of an issue or a different, personal perspective. HN can be brutal.
- phil21 4y agoThe interesting phenomenon I've noticed on HN are folks who have never worked a labor job in their life pontificating on how unions operate in the real world. It makes you really wonder about the other decisions being made for society by this group of folks who have outsize power at the moment.