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I think you might be more successful in spreading this view if you take the time to write a good comment instead of consciously writing a shitty one.
by mquander 15y ago
I think you might be more successful in spreading this view if you take the time to write a good comment instead of consciously writing a shitty one.
- nknight 15y agoSpeaking as an American, there's not a damned thing wrong with his comment. It's accurate, to-the-point advice that needs to be given.
- mquander 15y agoA single blanket assertion with nothing new, no argument, no insight is flamebait, not advice. What part of that comment would tell anything to someone who didn't already believe it? Do you think there is some European reader who has never given a moment of thought to the existence of America, encounters that comment, and goes, Aha! It turns out that America is fucked up! I'd better remember that! I don't think that reader exists.
- hastur 15y agoBut then I'd have to take a more nuanced view and admit it's not all black and white. And I don't want that, because I'm really angry right now. And I think such anger does have a function by making a tiny contribution to the public pressure on US govt agencies. Let them know they're having a really bad image in the world.