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Weird to see a right wing opinion piece posted on hacker news, even weirder to see the only downvoted comments are ones pointing out the reputation and editoria
by sumo89 4y ago
Weird to see a right wing opinion piece posted on hacker news, even weirder to see the only downvoted comments are ones pointing out the reputation and editorial style of The Spectator. That of being a wordy Dail Mail. Maybe Hackernews has become too mainstream.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago> Maybe Hackernews has become too mainstream. I completely agree with what you said - this is clearly a right wing opinion piece rage bait, dressed up in a wordy style, but I don't view this as "mainstream". The parable of the Nazi Bar is relevant to HN: https://www.boredpanda.com/bar-bartender-nazi-punk-iamragesparkle https://www.boredpanda.com/bar-bartender-nazi-punk-iamragesp...
- goodpoint 4y agoHN has been going down the drain for years and it is especially vulnerable to certain online vocal minorities.
- confidantlake 4y agoIf you have been following recently there are actually quite a lot of them. For me it seems like just another Tuesday.